☔️🥶'Tsuyuzamu' (梅雨寒) are sudden chilly days during rainy season.
speaking truth
the rainy season's crack
of thunder
正直に入梅雷の一ッかな
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1820.
Tr. David G. Lanoue.
#梅雨 #rainyseason #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #plumrains #Arashiyama #嵐山
☔️'Samidare' (五月雨 '5th Month Rain'), 'Ryokū' (緑雨 'Verdant Rain'), 'Bakū' (麦雨 'Barley Rain'), 'Nagaame' (長雨 'Long Rain') and 'Unohana-kutashi' (卯の花腐し 'Deutzia Decay') all refer to early summer rain, but can also be used for more specific times during rainy season.
Nao-san braves a wet Shōsei-en (渉成園), remnant of Minamoto-no-Tōru's 'Rokujō Kawara-no-in' palace (六条河原院).
#Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #梅雨 #Japan #rainyseason #plumrains
The poet Du Fu (杜甫 712–70) helped romanticize the idea of plums causing the rains.
But...while it is a lovely image (rain showers misting up from plum trees), the simple truth is that plums ripened at the time of the wet season, and so the name 'Plum Rain' was born🌧️
Originally a Chinese term, the name 'Plum Rain' applied to the 4th and 5th lunar months, and the belief that the rainy conditions were created by the plum trees south of the Yangtze.
When the plums turned yellow and dropped, it is thought the moisture created turned to rain.
The mesmerizing, ultrahydrophobic surface of a lotus leaf😵💫👏😊
on lotus leaves
this world's dewdrops
are warped
蓮の葉に此世の露はいびつ也
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David Lanoue.
#lotus #Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains
The poet Du Fu (杜甫 712–70) helped romanticize the idea of plums causing the rains.
But...while it is a lovely image (rain showers misting up from plum trees), the simple truth is that plums ripened at the time of the wet season, and so the name 'Plum Rain' was born🌧️
Originally a Chinese term, the name 'Plum Rain' applied to the 4th and 5th lunar months, and the belief that the rainy conditions were created by the plum trees south of the Yangtze.
When the plums turned yellow and dropped, it is thought the moisture created turned to rain.
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains #woodblockprint #ukiyoe #浮世絵
The mesmerizing, ultrahydrophobic surface of a lotus leaf😵💫👏😊
on lotus leaves
this world's dewdrops
are warped
蓮の葉に此世の露はいびつ也
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Tr. David Lanoue.
#lotus #Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains
🌧️'THE PLUM RAIN'☔️
June heralds the rainy season in Japan. Known as 'Tsuyu' (梅雨), the 'Plum Rain', this period coincides with the plums ripening.
The damp weeks are marked by their dazzling greenery and the appearance of the celebrated hydrangea.
Camellia Tea Ceremony