#chiyo #haiku #sumire #violets #translation #romaji #notes #julievaux
Sumire is the word for Violets and things with similar coloring in Japanese
and is also a #kigo for #spring
#Chiyo wrote in one Haiku
Ne o tsukete / Onago no yoku ya / Sumire Soo
Word for word
Origin attachments
young woman of craving !
violet grass / small plant
or is it grass?
Some people translate ne as root root of desire or craving but Chiyo was a devout Buddhist
The Origin of Attachments
A Young Womans desire (for) note Chiyo uses onago not onna !
Violet but violet what
Yes Soo means small plant but why emphasize some thing everyone knew
Soo can also refer to Cursive writing in Kanji or Kana
So I find myself wondering if any paper seller in Chiyos home town was selling purple tinted poem cards or paper slips for letters?
The Origin of Attachments
A Young Woman's craving
"Violet Writing"
A Gwailo's View of Han Zi ! A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
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