Sky Line

　　　Why will people like looking at the sea having nothing?
　　　Yes, I am so, too.

　　　There is nothing? 　
　　　No, there is some kind of all there.

　　　It may be so. Probably...

　　　The most west end of the Far East...

　　　Here is Karatsu-shi, Saga Prefecture.

"Sky" Japanese calligraphy

"空"(sora, kū)　It is translated as often translated as "Void",
but also meaning sky, heaven, empty.
This character is written by Kanzi, Seal script.
Etymology :　Phono-semantic compound
semantic　穴 (holl) 　+　phonetic 工 (labour, work)

Sky always surrounds the people easily.
All the people...
Regular script is here, look at please.

Gone in the Wind

One lady left this world in 1600, 38 years old.
She was a wife of the samurai.




The drama "Stouthearted lady" is a story of her last moments.
This opera was given the first public performance of in Holy Roman Empire on July 31, 1698.




Her name is "Hosokawa Gracia"
This is a phrase of the farewell poem.




散りぬべき時知りてこそ　世の中の　
　　花も花なれ　人も人なれ
　　　　細川ガラシャ　(1563-1600)

Simply because they know when to leave... 　In this world, 　
　　A flower is a flower. 　A person is a person, too.
　　　　Hosokawa Gracia (1563-1600)



Thank you for admiring a lot of cherry blossoms...

"Illusion" Japanese calligraphy

"幻" (gen, or maboroshi). It is translated as illusion, fantasy, mirage.
This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.


In the Far East, we may have seen beautiful illusions every year.
Japan is surrounded by storms of falling cherry blossoms now.

Yes, it seems to be an fantasy...

Anyway, we will encounter cherry blossoms next year again.

Once in a lifetime encounter

This cherry tree was brought up all the time here from ancient times.
As for in last year, this year and the next year again...

This tree will be here.




On the other hand, the expression have continued changing every year.
The reason is because Nature environment always changes.

We came across different cherry blossoms every year.
An encounter and parting...




I am glad of an encounter with all of you.

I want to say that thank you for following my blog.
And I thank all of you had visited.



I dedicate these words to all of Would's Friends.


"Once in a lifetime encounter"
Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur...



"　ichi 　go 　ichi 　e　"