fourth lunar month

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The Fourth Lunar Month　四月 shigatsu - 卯月 uzuki -

In the old lunar calendar of the Edo period,

spring lasted from the first month to the third,
summer from the fourth month through the sixth,
autumn from the seventh month through the ninth,
winter from the tenth month through the twelfth.

. WKD : The Asian Lunar Calendar and the Saijiki .


. Edo Saijiki　江戸歳時記 .



source :　art.jcc-okinawa.net/okinawa/edonosiki


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Fuji matsuri 藤まつり（亀戸天神社）
- source : 江戸の歳時記 -


hatsugatsuo
. hatsugatsuo 初鰹 (はつがつお) first bonito .




hatsugatsuo uri 初鰹売り　 first Katsuo vendor in Edo

The vendors started to come around in the fifth lunar month.


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hototogisu
. hototogisu ホトトギス, 時鳥 little cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalis .

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koromogae
. koromogae 更衣 ころもがえ changing to summer robes .



shincha 「新茶前線」北上中 new green tea
- source : 江戸の歳時記 -

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unohana
. unohana 卯の花 (うのはな) deutzia blossoms .
kigo for early summer



卯の花の垣根は夏の入口
unohana no kakine wa natsu no iriguchi

a fence of deutzia blossoms
is the entry
to summer


卯の花が咲いたぞ耳の穴を掘れ
unohana ga saita zo mimi no ana o hore

"deutzia blossoms
are now out" -
clean your ears

Yanagidaru 131

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. Edo Saijiki　江戸歳時記 .


. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .


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