Important factor in life
I enjoyed an exciting reunion and a delightful conversation with people who led me to the greatest event in my life. It is so hard to put into words how grateful I am to them.
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I got an e-mail message from a good, old friend from our high school days. Incidentally, as the Mercury is retrograding, we may meet with each other for the first time in many years. The letter is the first one in her name.
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For this single-leaf screen, I chose my favorite haiku about my favorite flower, hydrangeas. I remembered about this screen when a kind-hearted neighbor gave us these flowers from her garden yesterday evening. This screen is an old work of mine from about ten years ago. It welcomed visitors at the entrance to my first solo exhibition. I am now flooded with many good memories of the exhibition.
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Turning a flash into eternity is a task of a calligrapher: my understanding of the art.
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According to the Solar term, today falls on this year’s first day of summer.
No wonder it was so hot.
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Transparent is the first star of the evening/
Summer is here now/
Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko
二十四節気によると、今日がまさに立夏。
暑かったはずです。
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I was planning to visit the grave of my mother’s natal home. However, some serious affair prevented me from it.
昨日は母の実家の墓参りをするつもりでいましたが、別の要件のために行けませんでした。
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Today falls on the Winter Solstice.
It is a long tradition in Japan to enjoy a hot bath with a kind of citrus fruits in the bathtub on the night of the midwinter. The refreshing smell and the nice feeling of the water help you to relax.
I read a comment in a post on the Instagram that this custom also shows the Japanese people’s love of taking a bath.
Soft steam/
Is the central player/
Bath on the winter solstice/
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今日は冬至。
柚子湯はこの寒い時季のいい習慣だと思います。
誰かがインスタに、日本人の風呂好きがよく分かると書いておられました。
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After dinner on the eve of harvest moon, I went out for a short walk with my mother on her wheel chair and was in an ill temper a little, hoping she would feel better. As she was appreciating the huge, beautiful moon, she obviously began to feel better and peaceful.
Bright moon/
Untangles/
Old mother’s emotional tension/
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中秋の名月の前夜、食事の後で、ちょっとご機嫌斜めの母と夜の車椅子散歩に出ました。大きくて綺麗なお月さんを見ているうちに母の心もほどけて行きました。
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As I have been suffering from a cold, I haven’t practiced calligraphy for some time. Today, I resumed this activity by using two brushes, two brushes with extremely long tassels, that is.
The motif is a typical phrase for this season, “a caterpillar turns into a butterfly”.
As a matter of fact, I wish to have skills to express something wilder, unheard-of and unseen.
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風邪で暫く筆を持っていませんでした。
久しぶりに墨を磨って書いてみようと思ったら、つい筆を２本、それも長鋒を２本持っていました。
題材はごく普通に、この季節を表す「菜虫化蝶」。
本当は、もっともっと破天荒になりたい。
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“Drive away ogres! Invite happiness into the house!”
When I was a small child, I used to hear the above phrase from houses in the neighborhood. People did shout while scattering roasted beans on Setsubun, the last day of winter, and I remember my father used to do that. However, these days in usual homes, the custom is seldom observed.
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私が子どもの頃、節分には普通の家庭でも「鬼は外！ 福は内！」というのをやっていましたよ。
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