「山寺や雪の底から鐘の声」
Mountain temple--
Beneath the snow,
The call of the bell

#小林一茶
#KobayashiIssa

#名将シリーズ #東京に雪 #ベイダー卿 #禅寺
#MeishoSeries #SnowInTokyo #DarthVader #ZenTemple

this world
is full of needles and thorns …
yet lotus blooms
~ Kobayashi Issa
Lotus design by Sun Lijuan, artist skilled in the art of Su embroidery, Chinese hand embroidery on silk hailing from Jiangsu province
#lotusenergy #lotusbloom #KobayashiIssa #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity
#sunlijuan

"Not gifted with genius, but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity."

Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobaya...

✒ #KobayashiIssa, Japanese priest and poet, was #BOTD 15 June 1763. #Poetry #Literature

A feast of sweets beneath the cherry blossoms.

Tabi socks and fallen petals.

Blossoms along the Philosopher's Path.

Cherry blossoms at Oyoto-jinja.

Nao-san (and a number of cats) enjoyed an outdoor tea ceremony beside the blossom-festooned Philosopher's Path (哲学の道).

blown to the big river
floating away...
cherry blossoms
大川へ吹なぐられし桜哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1804.
Trans. David Lanoue.

#Kyoto #桜 #sakura #野点 #haiku #KobayashiIssa

Providence Zen Center entrance

Providence Zen Center entrance

Providence Zen Center pagoda

Providence Zen Center winter outside

Napped half the day;
no one
punished me!

– Issa, Japanese, 1763-1828

#haiku #haïku #japanesehaiku #kobayashiissa #buddhist #buddhistquotes #snowday

🐌 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐚'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 🌌

the cricket also
moves in with me...
winter seclusion

Kobayashi Issa
Translation by David G. Lanoue

#haiku #KobayashiIssa #DavidGLanoue #HSJ_FromTheMasters