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☔️🥶'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
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☔️'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.
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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
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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🌧️ -
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
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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
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🌧️'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.
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🙏'MONKS THAT MAKE THE DAY SHINE'🌞
'Tsuyu' (梅雨) is a verdant, muggy and unpredictable time of year. It doesn't rain every day, but the season always seems to drag on.
When the rain simply gets too much, it's time to bring out the ghost-like 'Teru teru bōzu' (てるてる坊主).