Traditional dreams with " Dance " Japanese calligraphy

 

While more than 400 years in remote place, apostles have inherited the manners and customs.

　　Anyone has hardly looked. Nobody has almost been here.

　　It's mysterious, but here is the place where Christianity was first introduced into Japan.

Religion and culture. Those all harmonized peacefully all the time.

　　Churches, Temples and Shinto shrines

　　Each other's the respect.

The treasure will be succeeded to from now on.

　　It is their soul.

　　lovely.

　　別れ端や　　笠手に提げて　　夏羽織

　　松尾　芭蕉 (1644 – 1694)

　　parting the time　　hang on shade　　summer half-coat

　　Matsuo Bashō (1644 – 1694)

"舞" (bu, or mau). It is translated as dance, posture, prance, brandish, etc.
　　　This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script.

　　　Etymology :　Ideogrammic compound
　　　 無 (nothing) + 舛 (steps)


　　　The innocent dance is noble.
　　　They are the incarnations.

　　　The drum, the gong, the flute, the song.
　　　Those the tones, the sound, the beating.

　　　All will be resonant mentally.


　　　御目出度　　存じ候　　今朝の秋　
　　　小林　一茶　 (1763 - 1827)

　　　congratulations　　feel good news　　this morning autumn　　
　　　Kobayashi Issa　 (1763 - 1827)

The festival enlivens my blood.

　　A certain something is recalled in subconsciousness.

　　" Hirado Janguwara dance "

　　The west end of Japan.

　　Here is Hirado-Island, Nagasaki prefecture.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: 

now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. 

1 Corinthians 13:11

わたしたちが幼な子であった時には、幼な子らしく語り、幼な子らしく感じ、また、幼な子らしく考えていた。 

しかし、おとなとなった今は、幼な子らしいことを捨ててしまった。

コリント人への第一の手紙 13:11

こころの貧しい人たちは、さいわいである、

天国は彼らのものである。

マタイによる福音書  5-3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: 

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Gospel of Matthew 5:3

親切にしなさい。あなたが会う人はみんな、厳しい闘いをしているのだから

プラトン (紀元前 427 年 - 紀元前 347 年)

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Plato (427 BC – 347 BC)

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.

" 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

" 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.

ZEN Temple Eihei-ji in Winter

 

　

　Eihei-ji Temple is one of the oldest temples belonging to the Zen Soto sect which the priest Dōgen did a founder.

　It was founded to 1244.

　These outskirts are famous by having very much snow.

　Here is Eiheijicho, Fukui Prefecture.

　The Zen priest wears only a thin shoulder-worn robe (It seems to be very cold all day life, other Zen temple's link).

　And they sit in contemplation zazen without heating with bare foot.. before the daybreak to going to bed.

　The getting up is about 3:00. The bath is about once a week.

　The meal is "ichijuu issai " (ex.). Boiled barley and rice, miso soup, a side dish, a pickle.

　It means it "One soup One vegetables". Another helping? No!

　It may be difficult a little even if anyone is going to train oneself in this temple.

　Because the ascetic practices are very severe for a body mark and mind.

　And there is this temple distantly in a remote deep mountain from the town.

　If the exerciser gets tired of ascetic practices, he needs his life and courage to escape.

　Snow is piled up more than 3 meters in winter here.

　Therefore most the application is sent away even if they propose ascetic practices.

　It is called "turning away at the door" called Japanese "Monzen barai".

　The state of the summer look at here, please.

　Zen way is so far and inclement...

　Dōgen soul is here.

" ZEN " Japanese calligraphy

　　　　"禪" (zen). It is translated in ZEN.

　　　　Please look at next these how about some knowledge.

 

　　　　It is something about the ZEN's priest "Dōgen".

　　　　It is something about the ZEN's prose, "Shōbōgenzō" - Japanese old literature.

　　　　It is something about the Japanese calligraphy.

Zen Buddhist monks

A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk

Simply Sit to Gain Enlightenment

" Something Most Oriental " ( 1963 lecture)

"The more you suffer, the deeper your character becomes and the more you can appreciate life."

 by Daisetsu Suzuki 

" Summer " Japanese calligraphy

 　 

" 夏 " (ka, natsu). It is translated as summer.

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

Etymology :　Hieroglyph

The figure which the man attaches a big mask, and dance.

Then it came to gradually express the size of the person.

It has the meaning of the state that force is prosperous.

" The summer "

It is the season when it is good for a festival.

Human sturdiness may be expressed there.

I seem to hear human heart beating. . .

You don't have to come to Japan, a remote, far east part of the world, to see these fireworks displays.

And these places are remote within Japan. It takes effort to get there.

In the silver world, hot spring " Onsen "

 

There is one hot spring inn in the other side of the way of this cliff.

　We walk to there.

　Innumerable hot spring (Onsen) spread through the whole country.

　Because I was born in a south area, I like Onsens of the winter.

　There is an outdoor bath in the other side of this hut.

　Here is Semboku, Akita Prefecture.

　It is a " nyūtō onnsenn village " in Towada-Hachimantai National Park.
Welcome to the forest of the beech.

　The heart of a mountain is dotted with hot spring inns.

　In this magoroku-onsen, color is white.

　The hot spring of Akita especially has the atmosphere of the old good Far East.

　Paradise in the intense cold.

　The onsen in the snow scene may let a person rebear.

I like this hot spring village the most.

Can you reach the deepest mountain hot spring in Japan?

Even deeper and more deeper....

Drift ice From the Sea of Okhotsk

Now, my front 1 n.m (about 1.8 km) is Russian territorial waters.

The aim of the coast guardianship may be locked on my forehead.

I am at the Abashiri offing the place of about 2 n.m, Hokkaidō.

Drift ice flows through here every year from the Sea of Okhotsk.

The water which flowed from the Amur River lowers salinity of the seawater.

Salt was drained by the process when it was frozen.

It occurs in about the end from the middle of January.

It comes alongside the pier from the end of January to about the beginning of February.

The sea is completely covered with drift ice until about the end of March and cannot navigate the ship.

The seal does child care on drift ice with a few natural enemies.

Birds such as White-tailed Eagle or Ezo red fox are carried on drift ice, and come over from the Siberia to East Hokkaido.

Photo plankton sticks to drift ice.

When it is spring, the photo plankton multiplies at a stretch.

Animal plankton increases to bait in this and does the fishing ground of the Sea of Okhotsk wealthily.

It is the working of the west Pacific from the winter to the spring.

Thanks to you all and your works, sincerely

 

Here is over Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture.

　　　This is the place to catch a beautiful sunset, at straight seashore.

　　　I thank to all friends who visited my pocket-size the Far East space.

　　　All your works are wonderful.

　　　I respect them heartily, and was always impressed by them.

I dedicate a lot of thanks to many Friends all over the world.

Heartwarming New Year greetings of all of you.

I am honored your encouragement.

"　Once-in-a-lifetime encounter　"

Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur...

" 一　期　一　会 "

ichi 　go 　ichi 　e

I pray for you and yours happiness.
And, Peace of the earth.

Happy New Year 2024 !!

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I wish you good luck.

From the Far East, Japan.

01.01.2024　00:00 JST 　　ruma