10 Thursday Aug 2017
Posted in Community, Environment, mythology, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Writing
(Photo by Bakkai, 2007, at Japanese Wikipedia)
Three shrines deify
different dragon gods. They
regulate weather:
offer black horses for rain;
white horses ensure sunshine.
09 Wednesday Aug 2017
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(Creative Commons. Photo by 663highland, 19/2/11)
Angry bureaucrat-
scholar and poet exile –
has to be appeased.
Geiko and maiko serve tea
beneath blossom and lanterns.
08 Tuesday Aug 2017
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boussokusekika, Gion Matsuri, hoko, palanquins, yama, Yasaka jinja
(Photo: Creative Commons)
The gods’ palanquins
were paraded through the streets:
the epidemic
stemmed. Giant hoko and yama*
commemorate shown mercy.
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08 Tuesday Aug 2017
(Orig uploader -Whogue at English Wikipedia, 7/2007;
Photo by W Hogue, 2007; transferred by Kurpfalzbilder.de)
Famed azaleas
grace the place where the Empress
obeyed the goddess.
Amaterasu declared
she needed a shrine.
07 Monday Aug 2017
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(Flickr; Wikimedia Commons. Image:
2006 Chris Gladis [M Shades] from Kyoto)
Setsubun customs
include scattering soy beans,
telling demons to back off.
If you eat the beans roasted,
you will derive peace and joy.
07 Monday Aug 2017
(Wikimedia Commons Photo by KENPEI,
August 2010)
A Princess gave birth
the day after her marriage –
so speedily that
women came to her to seek
such pain-free delivery.
06 Sunday Aug 2017
(Creative Commons. Image by KENPEI, June 2007)
The Sumiyoshi
are the gods of war on sea.
The shrine’s parkland
(hakushaseishou landscape)
inspired works of art.
05 Saturday Aug 2017
(Wikimedia Commons- photo)
At the confluence
of Yamato’s headwaters,
the festival of
O imi no matsuri
implored gods for good harvests.
04 Friday Aug 2017
(Wikimedia Commons. 663highland- photo:
30th June, 2007)
By cruel fire destroyed –
even its burnt stones worshipped –
His Majesty prayed
spirits would transfer therein
and dwell peacefully.
04 Friday Aug 2017
(Wikimedia Commons- photo)
Cedar trees surround
the oldest road in Japan.
There the sword kami:
Futsu-no-mitama-no
tsuragi is still enshrined.
