just touching
the cherry blossom petals
brings tears
花びらがさわつても出る涙哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #高瀬川 #Takasegawa #haiku
Up to 100 flat-bottomed boats, known as Takasebune (高瀬舟), could use the 11km route at one time.
From the moment it opened, the Takase-gawa (高瀬川) was extremely popular, even featuring in guide books of the time.
The great petal shedding begins🌸🤗✨
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #kyotoscenes
Oh to be boating on a river of pink...🌸🌸🛶🥰🌸🌸
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #kyotoscenes
🌸💦PETAL RAFTS🛶🩷
Towards the middle of April parts of the canal beside the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道) become a river of petals.
The phrases 'hana-no-ukibashi' (花の浮橋 'floating bridge of flowers') and 'hanaikada' (花筏 'flower raft') both describe water thick with petals.
While it is generally accepted that the mother had died in childbirth and been hurriedly buried in an old storage pot, there may be something more sinister at work here.
Not wanting to (or being unable to) care for the baby, her relatives may have buried her with the live child!
