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2/14/2024

Persons, People

source :　www.heritage-images.com
People of Yedo, Japan

. Edokko 江戸っ子 / 江戸ッ子, lit. "child of Edo" .
a person born and raised in Edo

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. samurai　侍, buke　- Samurai warrious .

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Abe Masahiro 阿部正弘 / 阿部正弘 (1819 – 1857) 老中 Roju in the Bakufu Government
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Adams, William Adams "Anjin" 按針 .

. Amakusa Shirō 天草四郎 Amakusa Shiro .
(1621? – April 12, 1638) Nagasaki

Aoki Shukuya 青木夙夜 - nanga painter
literati (bunjin　文人)

. Asahi Shigeaki 朝日重章 . - (1674 - 1718) Samurai and diary writer

. Atsuhime, Atsu-Hime 篤姫　Princess Atsu
Tenshooin 天璋院 Tensho-In . - (1836 - 1883)

Baba Bunkoo, Baba Bunkō 馬場文耕 Baba Bunko - (1718 - 1759) political writer

. Baisaoo, Baisaō 売茶翁 Baisao, "Old Tea Seller" Zen master .
賣茶翁（ばいさおう） / 高遊外 Ko Yugai. - (1675 – 1763)

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. - - Bakumatsu 　幕末 foreigners in Japan - - .
Aime, Humbert Aime エメ　アンベール (1819-1900)
William John Alt - (1840-1905) ウィリアム・オールト
Bird, Isabella Bird, Isabella Lucy Bird イザベラ・バード (1831-1904)
Richard Henry Brunton - (1841 – 1901) - "Father of Japanese lighthouses"
Ranald MacDonald - (1824 – 1894) - first English teacher
- - Kenneth Ross MacKenzie
- - James Mitchell
Laurence Oliphant - (1829 – 1888)
Wirgman, Charles Wirgman チャールズ・ワーグマン(1832 - 1891)
Ernest Satow - Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843 - 1929) アーネスト・サトウ
Schliemann, Johannes Heinrich Schliemann ハインリヒ・ユリウス・シュリーマン (1822 - 1890)
Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore エリザ・ルアマー・シドモア (1856 - 1928)
Suenson, Edouard Suenson エドゥアルド・スエンソン (1842 - 1921)

- - - - - Jack Seward (1924 – November 2010)

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. Banzuin Chobei 幡随院長兵衛 Chobei of Bandzuin . - (1622–1657)

. Benkei Kozaemon 棟梁弁慶小左衛門 master carpenter .

. Bigot, Georges Ferdinand ジョルジュ・フェルディナン・ビゴー .
- and Charles Wirgman (1832 - 1891)

. Buruma Ian Buruma . - (1951 - ) - Historian

. Buson, 与謝蕪村 Yosa Buson in Edo .
(1715-1783) - Haiku poet

. bugyoo, bugyō 奉行 Bugyo officials in the Edo government .

. busshi 仏師 Buddhist sculptors and Buddha statues .

. Chaya Shiroojiroo, Chaya Shirōjirō 茶屋四郎次郎 Chaya Shirojiro merchant family .
Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu 茶屋四郎次郎清信 (1545-1596)
Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyotada 　茶屋清忠　(1584-1603)
Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyotsugu 　茶屋清次　(1584-1622)

. Daidôzan Bungorô 大童山文五郎 Daidozan Bungoro .
(1788 - 1822) - "Great Child Mountain" Sumo wrestler

. Daikoku Sakubei Joze 大黒常是 Daikoku Joze .
- 湯浅作兵衛常是　Yuasa Sakubei Joze, Inspector of the Ginza Silver Mint

. Dodoitsubo Senka the First 都々逸坊扇歌 (1804 - 1852) .

. dokufu 毒婦 "poisonous woman" .
Hanai O-Ume 花井お梅
Harada O-Kinu 原田お絹 / Yoarashi O-Kinu 夜嵐お絹
O-Miyo no Kata　お美代の方　Senkoin 専行院　
Shirakoya O-Kuma 白子屋お熊
Takahashi O-Den 高橋お伝
Torioi O-Matsu 鳥追お松
Yaoya o-Shichi 八百屋お七

. dooshin, dōshin 　同心　Doshin, police officers .
onmitsu dooshin　隠密同心 secret police officers
yoriki 与力　police sergant
meakashi 目明し－okappiki　岡引　　semi-official detectives

. Edo Taroo Shigenaga 江戸太郎重長 Edo Taro Shigenaga 　 .
- The Edo Clan of the Musashi Taira　武蔵江戸氏 Musashi Edo-Shi

. Egawa Tarozaemon 江川太郎左衛門 . - (1801-1855) - Scholar - Hidetatsu Egawa

. Enku 円空 Master Carver .
(1632?～1695)

. Fujiokaya Yoshizoo 藤岡屋由蔵 Fujiokaya Yoshizo . - (1739 - )
- Sudoo Yoshizoo 須藤由蔵 Sudo Yoshizo - Honyoshi　本由

. Fukagawa Hachiroemon 深川八郎右衛門 . - active around 1596. Headman of Fukagawa

Fukami Jikyu - samurai Edokko
source : www.myjapanesehanga.com

Furuyama Moromasa 古山師政 Ukiyoe painter, Edo

. Fuyukiya Yaheiji冬木屋弥平次 . Lumber merchant

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gesakusha 戯作者 writers of light fiction in Edo
author of popular stories -
Kibyooshi 黄表紙 Kibyoshi "Yellow cover" magazines and kokkeibon 滑稽本 comic writing

- - - . Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九 (1765 - 1831) .
Santoo Kyooden 山東京伝 Santo Kyoden (1761 - 1816)
Tamenaga Shunsui 為永春水 (1790 - 1843)

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. Glover, Thomas Blake Glover トーマスグラバー (1838 - 1911) .
Merchant in Nagasaki

. Go Saga Tenno, Gosaga Tenno 後嵯峨天皇 "Saga the Second". - (1220 - 1272)

. Gotoo Nuinosuke　後藤縫之助 / 後藤縫殿助 Goto Nuinosuke . - Kimono dealer

. Gotoo Shoosaburo 後藤庄三郎 Goto Shosaburo .
- Inspector of the 金座 Kinza Gold Mint

. Habu Genseki Habu 土生玄碩（1762 - 1848) . - Medical doctor

. Hanabusa Itchoo, Itchō 英一蝶 Hanabusa Itcho . (1652 – 1724) - painter

. Hasegawa Heizoo, Hasegawa Heizô 長谷川平蔵　Hasegawwa Heizo / Onihei　 . (1719 - 1773)

. hatamoto 旗本 samurai class .

. Hattori Hanzo 服部半蔵 / 風魔小太郎 Fuma Kotaro / ninja 忍者 spies .

. Hayashi Razan 林羅山 . - (1583 - 1657) - Neo-Confucian philosopher

. Hidari Jingoroo 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro . - left-handed carpenter - legends

. Hiki Ikkan 飛来一閑 . （1578年?～明暦3年（1657年）
papier-machee style lacquerer

. Hiraga Gennai 平賀源内 . (1728 - 80)

. Hijiri　ひじり【聖】”holy men", mendicant monks .

. Hiroshige - 安藤広重 Ando Hiroshige, 歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige .
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - Meisho Yedo Hiakkei　名所江戸百景
- - - - - source : www.hiroshige.org.uk

. Honinbo Sansa 本因坊算砂 (1612-1623) .
- first in the famous family of Go players Hon'inbō / Honin-Bo

. Horie Rokuroo 堀江六郎 Horie Rokuro . - fisherman

. Hoshina Masayuki 保科正之 . (1611 - 1673). Founder of the Matsudaira clan of Aizu.

. Iba Hachiroo 伊庭八郎 Iba Hachiro . - (1844 - 1869) Samurai and diary writer

. Ichiroo 一路 Ichiro "One Road" - 小野寺一路 Onodera Ichiro .

. Ii Naosuke 井伊直弼 -- Hikone　彦根 and Sakuradamon . - (1815 - 1860)
Okabe Sanjuro 岡部三十郎 // Arimura Jisaemon 有村次左衛門

. Iida Kihei 飯田喜兵衛 - 1590 .

. Ina Hanzaemon Tadanobu 伊奈半左衛門忠順 . (? - 1712)

Inoo Tadataka, Inō 伊能忠敬 Ino Tadataka, Inoh Tadataka
(1745 - 1818) cartographer

. Inoue Ryukan 井上龍閑 . and 龍閑町 Ryukan districts

. Inoue Enryō (井上円了, 1858 – 1919) .

Issa - . Issa, Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
- Haiku Poet

. Isshin Tasuke 一心太助 fictional fishmonger in Edo .

Iwahashi Zenbei 岩橋善兵衛 (1756–1811) observed the sky -
heitengi 平天儀 to measure celestial bodies
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Iwasaki Yataroo 岩崎弥太郎 Iwasaki Yataro (1834 - 1885) . Founder of Mitsubishi 三菱

. Izawa Yasobei　井沢弥惣兵衛 (1654 - 1738) and the waterworks at Minuma　見沼　 .

. Izu no Choohachi　伊豆の長八　Izu no Chohachi - Irie Choohachi 入江長八 Irie Chohachi .
(1815 - 1889) wall plasterer artist

. Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn - (1557 - 1623) .
ヤン・ヨーステンファン・ローデンスタイン / 耶揚子
Yayosugashi district 八代洲河岸 / Yaesu 八重洲 named after him

. Jinboo Nagaharu 神保長治 Jinbo Nagaharu .
- and the district Jinbōchō 神保町 Jinbocho, Jimbocho in Kanda

. Jizooboo Shoogen 地蔵坊正元 Jizobo Shogen . - Priest around 1708

. Jiun Onkoo 慈雲飲光 Priest Jiun Onko . (1718 – 1804/1805)

. Kaga Heiemon 加賀平右衛門 .
and 銀座加賀町 Ginza Kaga cho district

. Kamada Matahachi (Kamata Matahachi) 鎌田又八 . (? 1657) loyal retainer, strong man

. Kasuga no Tsubone 春日局 Lady Kasuga. - (1579 – 1643)

. Katoo Tamikichi 加藤民吉 Kato Tamikichi .
(1772 - 1824) - the "father of porcelain" it Seto, Aichi.

. Keian　慶庵 / 桂庵 Keian matchmaker .
- - - - - doctor Yamato Keian 大和慶庵 (around 1653)

Kin Noo 金農 Kin-Nou, Kin No (1687 - 1764） painter
literati (bunjin　文人)

. Komusoo 虚無僧 Komuso monks and Shakuhachi flute players .

Koo Fuyoo 高芙蓉 Ko Fuyo (1722 - 1784） painter / literati (bunjin　文人)

. Kuki shi 九鬼氏 Kuki ke 九鬼家 the Kuki clan, Kuki family .
Kuki Yoshitaka (九鬼嘉隆) (1542 –1600)

. kyookaku 侠客 Kyokaku, "chivalrous Yakuza" .
Banzuiin Chōbei 幡随院長兵衛 Banzuin Chobei . (1622–1657)
Kunisada Chuuji 国定忠治 Kunisada Chuji . (1810-1851)
Shimizu no Jirocho 清水次郎長 . (1820-1893)
Shinmon Tatsugoro 新門辰五郎 . (?1792 / ?1800 - 1875)

. Maejima Hisoka 前島密 (1835 - 1919) .
Yūbin Seido no Chichi (郵便制度の父), or "Father of the Postal System".

Matsudaira shi 松平氏 Matsudaira clan
Matsudaira Motoyasu changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu . . .
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Matsudaira Naonori 松平直矩 . - (1642 - 1695) Samurai and diary writer

. Matsudaira Nobutsuna 松平信綱 (1596 – 1662) .

. Matsui Gensui 松井源水 spinning top juggler family . - Asakusa, Edo

. Matsuo Basho in Edo 松尾芭蕉 . (1644 - 1694) - Haiku Poet

Meisho - Empress Meishō (1623–96)
and Cultural Pursuits at the Japanese Imperial Court"
by Elizabeth Lillehoj, DePaul University
- source : facebook -

. Mito Koomon 水戸黄門 Mito Komon .
Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀
July 11, 1628 - January 14, 1701

. Mizuno Heikuroo 水野兵九郎　Mizuno Heikuro - Setomonoya.

Mizuno Tadakuni 水野忠邦 (1794 – 1851) - Sōshaban (Master of Ceremonies)
Mizuno Tadamasa (水野忠政) and other MIZUNO officials in the Edo Bakufu

. Mokujiki 木食上人観正 Saint Mokujiki Shonin Kansho / 木食観正上人 . - around 1780

. Moriyama Takamori 森山孝盛 . - (1738 - 1815) Samurai and diary writer

. Murata Harumi 村田春海　(1746 - 1812) . Scholar and poet

. Nakae Tooju 中江藤樹 Nakae Tōju (1608 – 1648) .
Confucian philosopher - "the sage of Ōmi" 近江聖人

. Nami no Ihachi　波の伊八 "Ihachi the carver of waves" .
(1751-1824)

. Nichoosai, Nichōsai 耳鳥斎 Nichosai, Nicho-sai . - (?1751 - 1802/03) Painter from Osaka

. Nezumi Kozō ねずみ小僧　/ 鼠小僧 Nezumi Kozo, a famous thief .

. Ninmiya Sontoku 二宮尊徳 . - （1787-1856）- studying food

. Nitta Yoshioki 新田義興 . (? - 1358) and
矢口渡 Yaguchi no Watashi

. Oguri Tadamasa　小栗忠順 - Oguri Kozukenosuke　小栗上野介 . - (1827 - 1868) - Statesman

. Oni-Azami Seikichi 鬼あざみ清吉 - famous thief, bandit . *

. Onogawa Kisaburō 小野川喜三郎 Onogawa Kisaburo . - (1758 - 1806) Sumo wrestler

Ookubu Shibutsu 大窪詩佛 Okubo Shibutsu (1767 - 1837) Poet
literati (bunjin　文人)

. Ooka Echizen, 大岡越前　Oka Echizen, .
Ōoka Tadasuke (大岡忠相) (1677 - 1752) - Governor of Edo　(machi bugyoo 町奉行)

. Ookubo Hikozaemon 大久保彦左衛門 - Okubo Tadataka 大久保忠教 . (1560 - 1639)

Ooshio Heihachiroo 大塩平八郎 Ōshio Heihachirō, Oshio Heihachiro
Neo-Confucianist scholar
- reference source : 江戸時代の人物 rekishi memo -

. Oota Dookan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan .
(1432 - 1486) Builder of Edo Castle / 道灌山 Mount Dokanyama

. Oota Nanpo 大田南畝 Ota Nanpo, Ota Nampo - 蜀山人 Shokusanjin . (1749 - 1823)

. Perry, Admiral Commodore Perry and Black Ships .

Rai Sanyoo 頼山陽 Rai Sanyo (1781- 1832）poet / literati (bunjin　文人)

. Ryuutatsu 隆達 Ryutatsu - 高三隆達 Takasabu Ryutatsu .
(1527 - 1611)
- - - - - and a monk named Roosai 弄斎 Rosai.

. Saeki Yataroo 佐柄木弥太郎 Saeki Yataro . - sword polisher

. Saito Gesshin 斉藤月岑 (1804 - 1878) .
----- . 斎藤月岑 Saito Gesshin . - (1674 - 1718) Samurai and diary writer

. Sakai Banshiroo 酒井伴四郎 Sakai Banshiro . - (1833 - ?) Samurai and diary writer

. Sakai Tadakatsu 酒井忠勝 (1587 - 1662) . - Daimoy, Roju

. Sakamoto Ryooma (Ryuuma)　坂本竜馬 Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 - 1867) .

. Sakuma Heihachi 佐久間平八 . lumber merchant

. Sanada Yukimura and the Sanada clan 真田幸村 . - (1567 -1615) Sanadamaru　真田丸

. Sanai 左内 - 島田左内 Shimada Sanai .
酒上熟寐 Sakenoue no Jukune (1724－1784) = 島田友直 Shimada Tomonao
and Ichigaya Magojirō 市ヶ谷孫四郎 / 市谷孫四郎 Ichigaya Magojiro

. Sengai Gibon 仙厓義梵 (1751–1837) .

. sendoo sendō 船頭 boatsman, ferryman, chief fisherman .

. shakan, sakan 左官 plasterer, stucco master .

. Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807 - 1891) and laquer ware .

. Shibukawa Shunkai 渋川春海 Shibukawa Harumi .
- (1639 - 1715) astronomer and go player

. Shinsengumi 新選組 Group of Samurai to protect Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi .

. shokunin 　職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .
- - - - - takumi 匠 master craftsman

. Siebold, Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796 - 1866) .
German physician, botanist, and traveler. Stayed in Dejima, Nagasaki.

. Sukeroku 助六 - Hero of Edo .

. Sumitomo family　住友家, Osaka .

. Suruga Dainagon　駿河大納言　ー Tokugawa Tadanaga 徳川忠長 . - (1606 – 1634)

. Suuden, Konchi-In Suuden 金地院崇伝 Priest Konchin Suden - Ishin Suuden 以心崇伝 .

. Suzuki Shigenari 鈴木重成 .
(1588 - 1653)

. Tachibana Sakon no Shogen 立花左近将監 from Fukuoka / Asakusa .

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? – March 25, 940) .

. Tajima Zusho 田島図書 .

. Takadaya Kahei 高田屋嘉兵衛 .
(1769 - 1827) Merchant from Awajishima　淡路島, Shikoku

. 高松喜六 Takamatsu Kiroku (? - 1713) . and 内藤新宿 Naito Shinjuku

. Takano Chooei, Takano Chōei　高野長英 Takano Choei . - (1804 - 1850) . Doctor

. Takatsu Ihee, Ihei 高津伊兵衛　(1679 - ） .
Iseya 伊勢屋 Iseya Store and Iseya Ihee 伊勢屋伊兵衛

. Tamura clan 田村氏 Tamura-shi .

. Tani Bunchō, Tani Bunchoo 谷文晁 Tani Buncho . (1763 - 1841)
literati (bunjin　文人) painter and poet.

. Tanuma Okitsugu 田沼意次 (1719 - 1788) Edo councillor .

. Tanzenburo Katsuyama Tanzen Buro Katsuyama 丹前風呂勝山 . - lady of pleasure

. Tokiwazu Moji Tayuu　常磐津文字太夫 Tokiwazu Mojitayu . - (1709 - 1781)
and the Joruri Tokiwazu-bushi 常磐津節

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- Tokugawa Shogun　将軍徳川家

Tokugawa Hidetada 徳川秀忠 (1579 - 1632) - Second Shogun
He died from a worm infection of マンソン孤虫　Schistosoma mansoni.

. Tokugawa Iemitsu 徳川家光 Third Shogun . - (1604 – 1651)
and his reimuzoo 霊夢像 Reimuzo, Oracle Dream Images of Ieyasu

. Tokugawwa Ieyasu 徳川家康 First Shogun . - (1543 - 1616)

. Tokugawa Muneharu 徳川宗春 . - (1696 - 1764) - Nagoya

. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 徳川綱吉 . - (1646 – 1709)
- "the dog Shōgun" 犬公方, inu kubo

. Tokugawa Yorinobu 徳川頼宣 . - (1602 - 1671)

. Tokugawa Yoshimune 徳川吉宗 . (1684 - 1751)

. Tokugawa Yoshinobu 徳川慶喜 . - (1873 - 1913) The Last Shogun

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. Tomokuroo 鬘師の友九郎 Kabuki wig maker Tomokuro .

. Tooyama 遠山景元 Toyama Saemon no Jo Kagemoto .
(1793 – 1855) - Tōyama no Kin-san (遠山の金さん)

. Tsuchiya Goroemon 土屋五郎右衛門 . - and Konyachō 神田紺屋町 Konya-Cho Indigo dyeing

. Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門 Publisher 仙鶴堂 Senkakudo .

Tsuruya Nanboku 鶴屋南北 Tsuruya Namboku IV
Ebiya Genzō, Dai Namboku (1755 - 1892) playwright of macaber and supernatural stories.
Married to the daughter of Tsuruya Nanboku, the Kabuki actor.

. Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 Tsutaya Jusaburo . (1750 - 1797) Publisher

Ukita Kookichi - Ukita Kōkichi - Ukita Kokichi 浮田幸吉, 1757 - 1847
aviation pioneer from Okayama
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Uzawa Shoogetsu　鵜沢松月 Uzawa Shogetsu (1853 - 1923) and laquer ware .

. Watanabe Kazan 渡辺崋山 (1793 - 1841) .
painter, scholar and statesman

. woman, women 女性,　bijin 美人 beauties .

. Yagyu clan and legends　柳生一族と伝説 .
Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Munetoshi 柳生石舟斎宗厳 (1529 - 1606)
- His son,
Yagyū Munenori 柳生宗矩 (1571 – 1646)
- Munenori's sons,
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi 柳生十兵衞三厳 (Yagyu Jubei) (1607 - 1650) -- and Yagyū Munefuyu 柳生宗冬 (1613 - 1675)

Yanagawa Kooran 梁川紅蘭 Yanagawa Koran (1804 - 1879) Poet
literati (bunjin　文人)

. Yanagisawa Nobutoki 柳沢信鴻 . - (1724 - 1792) Samurai and diary writer

. Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu 柳沢吉保 . - (1658 - 1714 )
worked for Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

. Yoshimune, 8th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune 徳川吉宗 . (1684 - 1751)

. zatoo 座頭 blind people, often playing the biwa .

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Akera Kanko 朱楽菅江 (1740 – 1800)　- Kyoka poet

Hoseido Kisanji 朋誠堂喜三二 / 平沢常富 Hirasawa Tsunetomi (1735 - 1813) - 出羽国久保田藩の定府藩士で江戸留守居

Jippensha Itsuku 十返舎一九 (1765 - 1831) - Shigeta Sadakazu, a Japanese writer

Koikawa Harumachi 恋川春町　(1744 - 1789) - 戯作者、浮世絵師

Maeda Tsunanori 前田綱紀 (1643 - 1724)

Matsudaira Sadamasa 松平定正 (1610 - 1673)

Ryutei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦 (1783 - 1842) - author

Sakakibara Masamine 榊原政岑 (1713 - 1743) - 姫路藩

Tachibana Jitsuuzan 立花実山 (1655 - 1708) - 福岡藩の家老

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. Daruma Pilgrims .

All people mentioned in the Darumapedia :
. PERSONS - index - PERSONEN .

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10/12/2016

Some translations are from the friends at this facebook forum:
. Formal Haiku - The Art of 5-7-5 .

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初秋や余所の灯見ゆる宵のほど
hatsuaki ya yoso no hi miyuru yoi no hodo

Early autumn--
Lights of houses are on
Even in a young evening.
Tr. Shoji Kumano

The start of autumn!
Evening is at the point where
other's lights are seen.

All the more expensive hard cover anthologies of the famous haiku writers will include prose versions of the haiku that include everything that the haiku hints at. Kumano's translation is a rendering of the prose piece accompanying this haiku in the Buson anthology I have. I think that writing everything in just kills the poetry in the original.
By making the evening the subject, Buson is able to give us a scene that accurately depicts the falling darkness through time so we can stand and watch the house lights in the houses he looks down upon come on. It catches the mood of the time of year when evening falls earlier and earlier.
Tr. and comment : James Karkoski - facebook

Lights of houses on
even in a young evening—
early autumn’s start
Tr. Bill Dennis - facebook

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初冬や日和になりし京はずれ
hatsufuyu ya hiyori ni narishi kyoo hazure

Winter comes
And with it the weather
Outside of the capital.
Tr. Thomas McAuley

初冬や訪はんと思ふ人来ます
hatsufuyu ya towan to omou hito kimasu

The first of winter--
One I've wanted to visit
Called on me.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

Early winter--
I thought I was going visiting
but the person has come here.
Tr. Sawa and Shiffert

Winter has begun!
The one I was hoping of
visiting does come.

When winter comes people tend to hunker down and stay at home, which can lead into a desire for the company of others. Buson hasn't been able to rouse himself to go visit a person that he wants to see, but now that person has come to visit him.
With an interesting twist, Buson has turned the negative connotations that usually follow the coming of the winter into a positive emotion.
Tr. and comment : James Karkoski - facebook

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初氷何こぼしけん石の間
hatsugoori nani koboshiken ishi no ai

The first ice--
What was spilled
Between the stones?
Tr. Nelson and Saito

The first skim of ice,
there's something that's been spilled on
the shrine's slab walkways.

'Ishi no ma' are the slabs of stones that are laid in as a walkway in the open air courtyard that connects the main hall and the worship hall on the grounds of a large shrine. The courtyard has been iced over, but something has been spread on the smooth walkway slabs to turn the ice on it into slush so people will be able to come and go on it. By wondering about why the walkway is slush, Buson is able to draw a contrast between it and the rest of the courtyard that is still skimmed by a smooth pristine layer of ice.
Tr. Jim Wilson, comment James Karkoski - facebook

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. yamadera no suzuri ni hayashi hatsugoori .
山寺の硯に早し初氷　

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初霜や吹き返しある葛の葉に
hatsushimo ya fukikaeshi aru kuzu no ha ni

The year's first frost--
On the kudzu leaves
Flipped over by the wind before.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

First frost of the year!
On the kudzu leaves that are
blown upside over.

The broad kudzu leaves attached to the vine are easily blown around by the wind and Japanese poets have been writing about them for centuries. Bashō wrote a haiku about noticing the frost on the front of the leaves and Buson is noticing it on the leaves that have been turned upside by the wind.
Another example of the different positional kind of perception that Buson was able to look at the world with.
Tr. and comment James Karkoski - facebook

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初霜やわづらふ鶴を遠く見る
hatsushimo ya wazurau tsuru o tooku miru

The year's first frost--
An ailing crane
In the distance seen.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

winter's first frost--
visible in the distance
an ailing crane
Tr. Ueda

the first frost;
seeing a suffering crane
in the distance
Tr. Michael Haldane

The first frost has fallen!
Worn suffering cranes
will be seen from afar.

Cranes are migratory birds that come into Japan from Korea and China at the start of winter. The first frost means the coming of winter, and Buson expects that the weary cranes ending their migration won't be far behind. The Japanese often just use the dictionary form of verbs as the future tense and I think it is clear that Buson is indicating a future action here. It could also be argued here that he might be talking about a habitual action, and so the present tense 'are seen' can be read too. But I think the probability of the cranes always showing up on the first day of frost is an improbable argument.
Tr. and comment : James Karkoski - facebook

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初潮に追はれてのぼる小魚かな
hatsushio ni owarete noboru shoogyo kana

By the first full tide
Pursued Upstream
swim the fries.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

By the high tide
swept away so they swim upstream,
the tiny fish!
Tr. Sawa and Shiffert

Being pursued
by a strong autumn moon tide....
the small fish climb upstream!

Pressed by the strong
autumn moon tide to rise up;
the small fish of the sea!

Hatsushio is the tide that is caused by the full moon that occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.
By the solar calendar it now occurs in September. Since the moon affects the tides, this very bright moon is considered to cause the strongest tides of the year.
In Japanese, the verb is always at the end of the phrase, and since they also place them together to make compiled verbs, and place them as modifiers in front of nouns, the three verbs Buson stacked together in this haiku make it able to have a double reading.
In the first version, the strong tide that the 15th night moon makes has moved up so far up river that it is forcing the small fish there to flee from it.
The second reading implies that the fish are in the ocean and the tide is making them rise up with it.
I prefer the first reading, my in-laws house is on a quite a distance up a small stream that runs into the sea, so I've experienced how much, and how far, the coming of the tides can affect fresh water levels and water quality.
Tr. and comment : James Karkoski - facebook

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. hatsu yuki no soko o tatakeba take no tsuki .
初雪の底をたたけば竹の月

The first snow
Emptying itself to its last flake--
The moon above bamboo.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

when the first snow
strikes the lowest culms
bamboo moonlight
Tr. Addis

A bamboo moon
Is caressing the round
Of early snow
Tr. ?

The season's first snow,
A few flakes slowly falling --
Bamboo and moonlight.
Tr. Jim Wilson - facebook

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- hatsushigure 初時雨 first winter shower

秋のあはれわすれんとすれば初時雨
aki no aware wasuren to sureba hatsushigure

Autumnal sadness
Just about to forget as I was--
The first winter shower.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

Just when I'd thought
I had forgotten autumn's pathos;
the first rain of winter.

The haiku is pretty explicit and needs no explanation.
It catches the state of mind that happens when the soft thin beginning rains of winter start to wet the brown and desolate landscape that the end of autumn brings. Buson used 19 morae to express sentiment.
Tr. James Karkoski - facebook

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みのむしの得たりかしこし初時雨
minomushi no etari kashikoshi hatsushigure

A bagworm--
Complacent and proud
The first shower in winters.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

Straw raincoat bugs
without any hesitation,
the first rain of winter.

The straw raincoat bugs
have done well for themselves:
the first rain of winter.

Bagworms in Japanese are called 'minomushi' (literally straw raincoat bugs) because they will often camouflage themselves with twigs and leaves that make them look similar to the old style made from straw 'mino' raincoats that were in use before the modernization of Japan.
They are a fall 'kigo' because the males in autumn will seek out the females who never leave their protective 'bags' (or coats) to mate. The female dies and the eggs ride out the winter until hatching in the spring.
The phrase 'etari kashikoshi' (literally 'having obtained wisely') is translated in Japanese to English dictionaries as 'readily, very eagerly, without a moment's hesitation,' but in Japanese dictionaries it is explained as 'when things go the way you thought and and proceed well to satisfaction.'
I like the first version better because I think it brings out the connection between the seeking of the female and the winter rain with a bit more humor. (I have added a syllable in the 2nd line of the first translation, 'a' instead of 'any' just doesn't sound right to me)
Tr. James Karkoski - facebook

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- hatsune 初音 first call of the bush warbler

うぐいすの枝ふみはずす初音かな
uguisu no eda fumihazusu hatsune kana

A warbler
Missing its footing on a twig--
Its first song in spring.
Tr. Nelson and Saito

A bush warbler loses
its footing on a branch:
its first sound I hear!!

I live at the foot of a mountain so I often hear the bush warblers when they are around in spring. As the video link below shows, their warbling does have a slippery slope quality to it, which Buson humorously relates to loosing balance while singing. The verb here can also be read as indicating the future, but in this case I don't think it does.
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Tr. James Karkoski - facebook

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うぐひすの麁相がましき初音哉
uguisu no sosoo ga mashiki hatsune kana

The warbler's
inexperienced simplicity is better
year's first song
Tr. Crowley

The warbler's rough
inattentiveness has increased:
the first songs it sings!

The young warblers initially have trouble making the sounds that has made them the favorite songbirds in Japan. The pitch of the fledglings can be quite wild until they hear enough of the smoother older birds who they start copying.
In Buson's day, the practice of keeping caged warblers in the house was popular and it is most likely that he is writing about a young warbler that he is keeping as a pet. Perhaps, the lack of being around other birds is what is keeping this one from singing sweetly? Having had the experience of hearing a caged warbler sing, I can attest to how much of a force of sound they can generate in an enclosed space.
A young one who is in the stage of practicing must be quite jarring indeed!
Tr. James Karkoski - facebook

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. WKD : Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 - Introduction .

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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10/28/2013

yoroi - armour

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yoroi　鎧 armour, armor of a samurai
gusoku 具足 armour
..... kogusoku 小具足　small pieces of armour equipment (like facemask, forearm sleeves, thigh guards, shin guards, bear-fur boots
kachuu 甲冑 katchu, armor and helmet

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The ō-yoroi, oo-yoroi (大鎧) is a prominent example of early Japanese armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The term ō-yoroi means "great armor."

by Yoshitoshi

Ō-yoroi first started to appear in the 10th century during the middle and late Heian period, and came into widespread use in the Genpei War around the 12th century when the call for armor was at its peak. Significant aspects of this armor were designed for cavalry archers. The box shaped ō-yoroi was heavy and did not allow as much movement or flexibility as its counterpart the dō-maru, so the armor fell out of favor in the fifteenth century when samurai shifted to mostly infantry tactics.

Components
The basic components of the ō-yoroi and other samurai armor are known collectively as the “hei-no-rokugu” or simply “rokugu　六具,” which means six articles of arms.
The six major components are the dō　胴 (chest armour), kabuto (helmet), mengu　面具 (facial armour), kote　籠手 (armoured sleeves), sune-ate　脛当 (shin armour), and the hai-date 脛楯 (thigh armour).
The ō-yoroi combines plate and scales (kozane) laced together (lamellar). One specific advance over earlier armors is that the kozane of ō-yoroi are first laced together and then covered with lacquer, which enhances resistance to corrosion. The dō of the ō-yoroi is unique from later models because it is composed of two separate parts instead of one piece with an opening on the side or back of the dō to allow the samurai to put on the armor.

Clan Identification
The color, design, and material of the lacing identified the clan of the warrior. The clans were also identified by the designs painted on the armor. Many of the clans used symbols as a crest, such as cherry blossoms or depictions of deities. The color and design of lacing the plates together, odoshi, was a system used for identification on the field. There were many different color combinations that identified warriors from a distance.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Onoda Teruhiko 小野田光彦 armor maker, Showa period
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

yoroishi, yoroi shi 鎧師 craftsman producing armour
- - - - - gusokushi, gusoku shi 具足師
- - - - - katchuushi 甲冑師

There are different schools in Nara, Kishu (Wakayama), Kyoto and other regions.

kabutoshi, kabuto shi　兜師 helmet maker

. Edo Katchu 江戸甲冑 Warrior Armor from Edo .
and armor decorations with Fudo Myo-o 不動明王

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Samurai families used to decorate a yoroi in the tokonoma alcove and place the mochi in front of them.

. yoroi mochi 鎧餅 "armor rice cake" .
a New Year decoration
gusoku mochi　具足餅 armor-plate rice cake

Gusokubiraki, gusoku biraki 具足開 "opening the armour"
gusoku kagamimochi 具足鏡餅
gusoku kagami wari 具足鏡割
gusoku iwai 具足祝 celebrating armour
busoku kagamibiraki 武具鏡開

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Illustration of Mochi Dividing Ceremony 具足祝 Gusokuiwai

Kagami-biraki refers to the New Year’s tradition of dividing up offered mochi and eating it.
The Edo Shogunate called this event Gusokuiwai (celebration of armors)
and offered rice cakes called gusoku mochi to a full suit of armor (gusoku).
Every year on January 11, the alcove of the Kuro Shoin drawing room
would be decorated with the shida gusoku 歯朶（しだ）具足 "Fern Armor" worn by Tokugawa Ieyasu,
the founder and the first Shōgun of the Edo Shogunate, swords, and other battle regalia,
to which the gusoku mochi would be then offered.
Since Ieyasu wore this armor in victorious battle, it was an extremely auspicious item for the Tokugawa household.
After eating his celebratory meal, the Shōgun would grant an audience to the 譜代大名 Fudai Daimyō
(those who served the Tokugawa household before it seized power)
and government officials then give them sake and mochi.
. source - Tokyo Metropolitan Library .

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ise-ebi, ise ebi いせえび (伊勢海老／伊勢蝦) lobster, spiny lobster from Ise
The samurai of Kamakura saw an auspicious connection with their armour (yoroi) and the back shell of the lobster.

. Seafood for Autumn .

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Tango no sekku 端午の節句 "Boy's Festival"
a traditional Japanese event observed on May 5th as a celebration for boys' talisman and health. Families including boys observe it, displaying yoroi kabuto (an armor), gogatsu ningyoo (dolls for the Boys' Festival), or koinobori (carp-shaped streamers). Although this tradition has continued to this day, after World War May 5th started to be called "children's day". It is observed as a holiday recognizing children's (boys and girls) happiness.

. WKD : Seasonal festival in the fifth lunar month .

source : matsugan.co.jp/may_doll

Matsuyama no yoroi ningyoo 松山の鎧人形 dolls wearing armour, made in Matsuyama

. musha ningyoo 武者人形 Samurai Dolls .
kabuto ningyoo かぶと人形 "helmet decorations" dolls
ayame ningyoo あやめ人形 iris dolls
kabuto 兜 samurai helmet

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薫風やもよぎ匂ひの鎧ぬぐ
kunpuu ya moyogi nioi no yoroi nugu

fragrant breeze -
I take off my armour
smelling of leek

. moyogi, moegi 萌葱 a kind of leek .

. WKD : kunpuu　薫風、kaze kaoru　風薫 scented breeze .
kigo for summer

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借具足我になじまぬ寒さ哉
kari yoroi ware ni najimaru samusa kana

this coldness
like a borrowed armour
not fit for my body
Tr. Gabi Greve

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3. I reversed the word order for more natural English.

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夕雲雀鎧の袖をかざしかな
yuuhibari yoroi no sode o kazashi kana

a skylark in the evening
adds a decoration to the sleeve
of the armour plate . . .

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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山の桜にひしと鎧ひけり
尾崎紅葉

枯葉を鎧う女泉を抱き眠る
八木三日女

山車統べて鎧皇后立ち給ふ
山口誓子

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10/23/2013

BUSON - harusame spring rain

source :youtisyodoukan

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春雨や身にふる頭巾着たりけり
harusame ya mi ni furu zukin kitarikeri

. WKD : zukin 頭巾 hood .

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春雨やものかたりゆく蓑と笠
harusame ya mono katariyuku mino to kasa - monogatari yuku

spring rain -
a mino-raincoat and a rain-hat
talk to each other

. Personification, gijinka　擬人化 .

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春雨やもの書ぬ身のあはれなる
harusame ya mono kakanu mi no aware naru
(1777)

spring rain -
I can not write a thing
and feel so sad

The word aware used in the hokku by Basho (and Buson) is difficult to translate and has a slightly different nuance in each poem.
. aware 哀れ and Matsuo Basho .

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春雨や菜飯にさます蝶の夢　
harusame ya nameshi ni samasu choo no yume

the dream of a butterfly

. choochoo　蝶 and Chuang Tzu .

. WKD : nameshi 菜飯 "cooked rice with leaves" .
kigo for spring

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春雨やゆるい下駄かす奈良の宿
harusame ya yurui geta kasu nara no yado
(1780)

spring rain -
they lend me loose woooden sandals
at the inn in Nara

. WKD : geta 下駄 wooden sandals .
If the thong of the sandals is too loose, it is hard to walk in them.

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haru usu no kokoro ochitsuku ochiba kana

harmonizing
with the springtime mortar -
falling leaves
Tr. Addiss

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

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- - - - - haru no ame 春の雨 rain in spring - - - - -

柴漬（ふしづけ）の沈みもやらで春の雨 - shibazuke
fujizuke no

雛見世の灯を引くころや春の雨　
- 雛店に客が減り、灯を消して閉店するころ。春の雨が降っている。

池と川ひとつになりぬ春の雨

物種の袋ぬらしつ春の雨　

ぬなは生ふ池の水かさや春の雨

滝口に灯を呼ぶ声や春の雨
. takiguchi ni too o yobu koe ya haru no ame .
at the Takiguchi samurai quarters at the Imperial Palace, Kyoto

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10/22/2013

BUSON - haru spring

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. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .
(1715-1783)

. WKD : haru 春 spring .

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. Buson : harusame 春雨 spring rain .

Buson : haru no ame 春の雨　 rain in spring

yuku haru 行春 at the end of this entry

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今日のみの春を歩いて仕舞けり
kyoo nomi no haru o aruite shimaikeri

only today left
to walk in spring
and then it's over . . .

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. furudera ya hooroku suteru seri no naka .
(spring) dropwort. old temple. throwing horoku plates

. haru no kure ieji ni toki hito bakari .
(spring) spring dusk. homeward road. people wandering

. haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana .
(spring) sea in spring. onomatopoetic - notarinotari

. haru no yo ni tootoki gosho o moru mi kana .
(spring) spring night. Imperial Palace in Kyoto

. haru no yo ya tarai o hirou machi hazure .
(spring) spring night. I pick up a washing tub outside of town

. imo ga kakine shamisengusa nohana sakinu .
(spring) sheperd's purse. my lover in the hedge

. nanohana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni .
(spring) rapeseed flowers. moon in the east, sun in the west
- - - - - 菜の花や昼（ひる）ひとしきり海の音

. shiraume ni akuru yo bakari to nari ni keri - - - shira-ume 白梅　.
(spring) white plum blossoms. - death poem of Buson

. shiraume ya taga mukashi yori kaki no soto .
(spring) white plum blossoms. old days. outside the fence

. shunsui ya Shijoo Gojoo no hashi no shita .
(spring) water of spring. bridges of Shijo and Gojo in Kyoto

. sujikai ni futon shikitari yoi no haru .
(spring) night in spring. futon bedding.

. ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku .
(spring) plum blossoms. everywhere. go south? go north?

. yamabuki ya Ide o nagaruru kannakuzu .
(spring) yellow mountain rose. Ide, river in Kyoto, famous for yellow mountain roses (Kerria japonica )

. yuku haru ya omotaki biwa no daki kokoro .
(spring) spring is leaving. carrying a heavy biwa lute. I think about

. yuku haru ya Yokawa e nobori imo no kami .
(spring) spring is leaving. The Deity of Smallpox moves up the Yokawa river (in Kyoto)

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柴漬の沈みもやらで春の雨 - shibazuke pickles
fushizuke no - haru no ame

橋なくて日暮れんとする春の水 - haru no mizu
hashi nakute

畠うつや鳥さへ啼（なか）ぬ山蔭に - yamakage
hata utsu ya

骨拾ふ人に親しき菫かな - sumire
hone hirou hito ni

陽炎や名も知らぬ虫の白き飛ぶ - mushi no shiroki tobu
kageroo ya

閣に座して遠き蛙をきく夜哉 - kawazu o kiku
kaku ni zashite

片町に更紗（さらさ）染めるや春の風 - sarasa
katamachi

これきりに径（こみち）尽きたり芹の中 - seri no naka
kore kiri ni

女倶して内裏拝まん朧月
onna gushite dairi ogaman oborozuki

遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな
osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana

人間に鶯鳴くや山桜
ningen ni uguisu naku ya yamazakura

鶯の鳴くやちいさき口開けて
uguisu no naku ya

うぐひすや家内揃（そろ）ふて飯時分
uguisu ya

鶯のあちこちとするや小家（こいえ）がち
uguisu no achi kochi to suru

鶯の声遠き日も暮れにけり
uguisu no koe

海手より日は照つけて山桜
umite yori hi wa teritsukete yamazakura

誰が為の低き枕ぞ春の暮 - makura
tagatame no hikuki makura zo haru no kure

よもすがら音なき雨や種俵 - tawara
yomo sugara oto naki ame no tanedawara

行く春や白き花見ゆ垣の隙
yuku haru ya shiroki hana miyu kaki no suki - see above shiraume ya taga mukashi yori kaki no soto

行く春や逡巡として遅桜
yuku haru ya shunjun toshite osozakura

歩行歩行（ありきありき）もの思ふ春の行衛（ゆくえ）かな
まだ長うなる日に春の限りかな
花に寝て我（わが）家遠き野道かな

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from the collection of

萩原朔太郎 - 郷愁の詩人　与謝蕪村 -
Hagiwara Sakutaro - Buson, the nostalgic poet
- source : www.aozora.gr.jp/cards

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. Yosa Buson - Spring Poems Collection .

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(translations are at terebess)

yuku haru no izuchi ikikemu kakaribune
(1769)

yuku haru no shiribeta harau rakka kana

yuku haru ya bijin onore ni somuku kana

yuku haru ya doosha no kimi no sasame goto
In the Heian period (794~1192) nobility used an ox-drawn carriage as a meansof transportation. 'Dosha no kimi' is a lady riding together with a court noble on the same ox-drawn carriage.
. harusame ya doosha no kimi ga sasamegoto .

yuku haru ya kogu to mo mienu takigibune

行春や眼に合はぬめがね失ひぬ
. yuku haru ya me ni awanu megane ushinainu .
(spring) spring is leaving. my glasses that do not fit are lost

yuku haru ya mizu mo yanagi no ito ni yoru

ゆく春やむらさきさむる筑波山
. yuku haru ya murasaki samuru Tsukuba yama .

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ゆく春や撰者をうらむ歌の主
yuku haru ya senja o uramu uta no nushi
(1769)

spring is passing -
he blames the judges,
this poet

He had taken part in a poetry meeting but his poem had not been elected by the judge or judges. uta no nushi - the owner of the poem, is a humourous take on himself.
senja 撰者 "selector", one who elects a poem or runs a competition, an editor of a magazine.

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. WKD : Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 - Introduction .

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