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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Good fortune Meteor shower

 


Please light up this darkness.

 The time goes by.


Yours.
 And, ours.

 The future...


The pure comes over from the everlasting distance.
 And, leave for faraway.

 The life...



 夕飯や  花火聞ゆる  川開
   正岡  子規      (1867 – 1902)

 supper time  fireworks sound  river festival
   Masaoka  Shiki   (1867 – 1902)













夢よりも はかなきものは 夏の夜の  暁がたの 別れなりけり
     壬生 忠岑 (898 – 920)  後撰和歌集

More fleeting  even than a dream  a summer night  the break of dawn  the parting at 
     Mibu no Tadamine (898 – 920)  Gosen Wakashū



Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, 

for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.  

26:52 Matthew

 そこで、イエスは彼に言われた、「あなたの剣をもとの所におさめなさい。

剣をとる者はみな、剣で滅びるだろう。  

26:52 マタイによる福音書





こういうわけで、平和に役立つことや、互の徳を高めることを、追い求めようではないか。 

ローマの信徒への手紙 14:19

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another 

up.  Letter to the Romans  14:19




Sunday, July 5, 2026

Without herself noticing, the girls are...

 


 
  Anyone can stand here anytime.
  As an audience, or as an actor.

  The show is free of charge.




  The flow continues...
  The soft breeze surrounds them.

  The colors will gradually change.



  i wonder if remember the warm touch of the hand?
  The time goes by, too.

  Please don't untie the knot, because it's yours eternally.


    撫子や  堤ともなく  草の原
     高浜 虚子 (1874 - 1959)

    dianthus (nadeshiko) blooms  on the bank  grassy plain
     Kyoshi Takahama (1874 - 1959)


このように、いつまでも存続するものは、信仰と希望と愛と、この三つである。
このうちで最も大いなるものは、愛である。
コリントの信徒への手紙1 第13章13節

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 
13:13  Corinthians




" 四季 " (shi ki). It is translated with four seasons.
This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

The first letter expresses four. The next expresses a season.
And it is a sound of very beautiful words.

It is used in this way.
" 季節 (ki setsu) " It is translated with a season.










Sunday, June 14, 2026

" Rain " Japanese calligraphy and Rainy scenery in Japan



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






 " (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.







Sunday, May 24, 2026

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)




   " " (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.








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.