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2023.04.22
'Yo ni Furu Mo' Haiku Text Kaishi
Yamagata City Designated Tangible Cultural Property: 'Yo ni furu mo' Haiku Poem Shikishi, by Matsuo Basho. Haiku: 'Yo ni furu mo sara ni Sogi no yadori kana' by Basho. To live in this world is truly fleeting, just as Sogi Hoshi once composed, 'like a temporary shelter from a sudden shower.' It is indeed impermanent... This haiku is an homage (a work showing respect) to Sogi (a 15th-century renga poet)'s poem, 'Yo ni furu mo sara ni shigure no yadori kana'. Sogi's life was spent traveling throughout various provinces.
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2008.01.11
♪♪ Tea Ceremony Quick Facts (Utensils Edition) ♪♪～（＾－＾）Ｖ№１
The Basho Memorial Museum offers a tea ceremony room for rent. Please use it for tea ceremony practice and other activities. It's also a great deal that you can use various tea utensils, as rental is ¥1,500 per session regardless of the number of items (＾－＾)
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2007.07.12
What is a Suikinkutsu!?
A Suikinkutsu (water koto cave) is a Japanese garden ornament that produces koto-like sounds from dripping water. Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Structurally, a jar with a small hole at the bottom is buried upside down in the ground, and the base is solidified with clay to collect water. Typically, a chozubachi (water basin for ritual purification) is placed above it, and water flowing from it passes through the jar's hole...
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2007.05.17
What kind of cicada was in Basho's haiku composed at Yamadera?
Matsuo Basho's haiku about Yamadera, composed in his travelogue 'Oku no Hosomichi': 'Ah, such stillness / the cicada's cry / drills into the rocks.' There was a controversy regarding what type of cicada was depicted in this haiku. In 1927 (Showa 2), poet Saitō Mokichi (1882-1953) claimed it was an aburazemi, while literary critic and German scholar Kōmiya Toyotaka (1884-1966) countered that it was a nii-nii zemi. After that, in early July 1930 (Showa 5),
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2007.03.24
Access Map
[The map scale above is not uniform, as priority is given to explaining the route.] 4223 Minami-in, Yamadera, Yamagata City. ● 8-minute walk from JR Yamadera Station. ● 10-15 minute walk, or 3-minute drive, from the stone steps in front of the Konpon Chudo Hall of Risshaku-ji Temple. ● 15-20 minutes from JR Yamagata Station to Yamadera Station (varies depending on whether it's an express or local train). ● 45-75 minutes from JR Sendai Station to Yamadera Station (varies depending on whether it's an express or local train). ●
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