Breeze of autumn with " Wave " Japanese calligraphy

Soft season has come.

It is quiet and gentle.

Loneliness might be entertained.

Mark of harvest season approaching.

Color, and taste. It is the master of Japanese food.

The highest quality rice.

初秋や　海も青田も　一みどり　

松尾　芭蕉　(1644 – 1694)

early fall　　sea and rice fields　　filled with green 　

Matsuo Bashō　(1644 – 1694)

Water, Soil, Regulation, etc.

The farmers have been the best work.

These are the pride of our country.

稲葉吹く　風にまかせて　住む庵は　　　月ぞまことに　もり明かしける

　　　　　　　　　　　皇太后宮大夫 俊成女　(1171 – 1252)　　　　　　新古今和歌集

Wavering rice ear　　Let the wind　　My frugal hermitage　　　Indeed full moon　　Keep it light

　　　　　　　　　　　Shunzei's Daughter　　(1171 – 1252)　　　　　　Shin Kokin Wakashū

　　　" 波 " (ha, or nami). It is translated as waves, breakers, undulations, etc.

　　　This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script.

　　　Etymology :　Phono-semantic compound

　　　 semantic 氵 (water) + phonetic 皮 (skin).

　　　Rice is gently undulating.　　Slowly and orderly.

We are flexible, and will continue to walk towards the future.

Japanese has created many traditions as unity populations from two thousand years ago.
Maybe in the tomorrow, too...

by egawauemon. I show the respect for him.

Expression of the rice terraces is so rich. Art of the four seasons.

Long history has been carved. 　A lot of rice Terraces are extant in various places.
It seems to be like historical monuments.　Farmers keep clean and cherish nature.

長崎県　波佐見町　鬼木郷

Here is Oniki-district Hasami-town　Nagasaki Prefecture.

我が来つる　方も知られず　くらぶ山　　木々の木の葉の　散るとまがふに

藤原　敏行　 (unknown – 907 ?)　　古今和歌集

I have come　　don't know direction　　deep mountains　　　leaves of trees　　scattered and disturbed

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (unknown – 907 ?)　　Kokin Wakashū

良き畑のため、実り豊かなぶどうの木のために胸を打て。

23.イザヤ書　第32章 第12節　

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

23.Isaiah　32:12　

God bless you.