" Rain " Japanese calligraphy

The flowers that bloom during Japan's rainy season seem to have a "gentle" atmosphere about them.

Humidity brings out the depth of the colors.

Its existence may dissolve into space and disappear.

Our existence might be a dream.

露と落ち　 露と消えにし　 我が身かな　 浪速のことは　 夢のまた夢
　　　　豊臣　秀吉　(1537 - 1598)

　　　I am born as a dew　　and disappear as a dew　　my body　　all temporal　　a dream and a dream
　　　　Toyotomi Hideyoshi　(1537 - 1598)

This waka poem is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death poem.

No matter how great a ruler may be, they cannot live forever.

こうして、天にいますあなたがたの父の子となるためである。天の父は、悪い者の上にも良い者の上にも、

太陽をのぼらせ、正しい者にも正しくない者にも、雨を降らして下さるからである。

  マタイによる福音書 第５章 第45節

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the

good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 

　Gospel of Matthew 5-45

" 雨 " (u, or ame). It is translated as rain.

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

Etymology :　ideograph

The ancient people created this kanji from the state that it rained.

This is the wonderful letter that the Creation was expressed.

Rain looks elegantly.

Kyoto has been the capital for over a thousand years since ancient times.

Tokyo only became the capital in 1869, a mere 157 years ago.

Therefore, Kyoto has preserved its beautiful nature, architecture, and festivals and rituals.

Kyoto is the homeland of the Japanese people.

The Emperor's family home is in Kyoto. 

That place is called "Gosho" (Imperial Palace). 

The one in Tokyo has been called "Kokyo" for 157 years.

And said to him, "Where are you?" with " Wander " Japanese calligraphy

 

Glow of early summer brings joy to us.

Yes, crystal clear light.

The spirit will be allowed to extend to it.

Yes. Possibilities are endless.

If, you come up with it.

Humans might be living in a world of imagination.

　遊びをせんとや生まれけむ　　　戯れせんとや生まれけむ

　　　遊ぶ子供の声聞けば　　わが身さへこそゆるがるれ

　仏は常にいませども　　うつつならぬぞあはれなる

　　　人の音せぬ暁に　　ほのかに夢に見え給ふ

　梁塵秘抄　　編者　後白河法皇 （1127 - 1192）

　I was born to play.　　　 I was born to flirt.

　　　when I hear the voice of a playing child,　　my mind and body seem to be shaken.

　Buddha is always present. 　　　but I can't see the profound.

　　　in the dawn without the sign of life,　　faintly visible in a dream.

　Ryōjin Hishō 　　editor　 Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127 - 1192)

　　　" 遊 " (yū, or asobu). It is translated as play, wander, roam, travel, etc.

　　　This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

　　　Etymology :　Phono-semantic compound

　　　 phonetic 斿 (move) + semantic 辵 (walk)

This character reminds the smile of a child to me. And I feel the relaxed atmosphere.

by Discover Nippon. I show the respect for him.

すべての訓練は、当座は、喜ばしいものとは思われず、むしろ悲しいものと思われる。

しかし後になれば、それによって鍛えられる者に、平安な義の実を結ばせるようになる。

ヘブル人への手紙　第12章　第11節

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous;

yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Book 58 Hebrews　12:11

God bless you.

The story of the solitary and the town's cherry trees

 

The spring pieces with " SAKURA " Japanese calligraphy

 

The beating of the stout Nature.

Even if I lose my way,

The sacredness leads me here.

The pretty pulse.

Feathers fleeting dance.

Your smile will light up the world.

You are our symbol.
Courtesy, Modesty, Compassion...

So far and from now on.


　　　あひおひの　　松も桜も　　八千代へ　　君がみゆきの　　けふをはじめに
淀殿　(1569 – 1615)

Surely everlasting existence　　Black pine and cherry tree
When you came　　From today
Yodo-dono　　(1569 – 1615)

" 桜 " (ō, or sakura). It is translated as cherry blossom, cherry tree.

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

Etymology :　Phono-semantic compound

semantic 木 (tree)　　+　　phonetic 嬰 (baby, infant)

The cherry tree which flowered every year for several thousand years.

They let us feel charmingly naive such as infant.

SAKURA expresses Japanese view of life and death.

It is our life and heart itself.

Cherry trees...

Please protect mother earth and us forever.

此心　　天つ虚にも　　花そなほ　　三世の仏に　　たてまつらなん
道元　(1200 – 1253)

This faithfulness　　Clear far-off sky　　Beautiful flowers　　
Past, present, future Buddha　　I want to present it.
Dōgen　　(1200 – 1253)

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　Japanese three major giants of cherry trees.

These three of them are registered as the first natural monument of the country on October 12, 1922. 　

☆yamataka jinndai "God days" sakura 　(Age over 2000 years old) 　　

Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture 　Height of the tree 13.6m, trunk lap 10.6m. 　

A giant tree of the maximum grade oldest in Japan. 　

☆neodani awasumi "light sumi" sakura 　(Age over 1500 years old) 　　

Motosu-shi, Gifu Prefecture 　Height of the tree 17.2m, trunk lap 9.1m, the spread are East-West 24m, north and south 21m 　

☆miharu taki "Cascade" sakura 　(Age over 1000 years old) 　　

Miharu-town, Fukushima Prefecture 　Height of the tree 19m, trunk lap 9.5m, spread east and west 22m, north and south 17m

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A story of spring in Japan : Plum blossoms

 

「いつも喜んでいなさい。絶えず祈りなさい。どんなことにも感謝しなさい。」

（ テサロニケの信徒への手紙一 5章16-18節 ）

Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. 

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

( Thessalonians 5:16-18 )

" 朝 " ( chou, or asa ). It is translated as morning.

　This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

　Etymology :　Ideograph

　艸 (grass)　 + 　日 (sun)　 +　月 (moon)

　The state that a day goes up from grass (the horizon).

　The moon at dawn, or it looks like the tide rises.

　The sun also rises.

　And also set. . .

　All has symmetric existence.

　The fate, that cannot avoid it.

　That is why there is hope.

「わが魂は夜回りが暁を待つにまさり、夜回りが暁を待つにまさって主を待ち望みます。」

（ 詩編 130編6節 ）

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning ; 

more than watchmen for the morning.

( Psalms 130:6 )

Thank you for your visit, always. 　

I love you.

sincerely yours.