Today falls on the winter solstice, and I hear that people celebrate the day in some regions of the world. Is this because it symbolizes restoration, I wonder?
The photo shows my work, “Energy of Restoration”.
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今日は冬至にあたりますが、世界の中にはお祝いをする地方も多いとか聞きます。復活の日だからでしょうか。
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This phrase that means the onset of a full-fledged winter with thick clouds plastering the sky is the seasonal phrase for around five days from today. The sky these days looks like it in the morning, for sure, but in the afternoon, we enjoy a clear sky from time to time.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候で、空を塞ぐように厚い雲が広がり、本格的な冬がおとずれる頃、との意味のようです。確かに、朝のうちの空はこんな感じですが、午後にはときに綺麗な空が見えます。
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The seasonal term allocated to the five days from today is this, meaning the Earth begins to freeze in the cold wintery air. It also suggests that in the morning, it frosts, and even frost columns may appear.
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今日から5日間の七十二候で、冬の冷気のなかで、大地が凍りはじめる頃との意味。朝は霜が降り、場所によっては霜柱が見られるかも知れないとの意味のようです。
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This phrase, the seasonal phrase for around five days from today, means “maple leaves and ivy leaves begin to turn to autumn colors”. So, I thought of taking pretty photos to accompany my calligraphy. However, as we have been having warm days for November, especially in the daytime, I can’t find suitable places to take such photos around my house.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候です。もみじや蔦の葉が黄ばむ頃とのことですが、このところお昼間は11月とも思えない暑さになっていて私の書に添える綺麗な写真を撮りたかったのですが、そのような光景は家の近くではあまり見当たりません。
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This phrase, the seasonal phrase for around five days from today, simply means “first frost of the season”. Finally, we can read these seasonal terms with feelings.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候です。ようやく、本当にそういう時節だなと思えます。
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As today falls on September 9th on the old calendar, or the Double Ninth celebration day, whose symbol is the chrysanthemum, I chose a contemporary haiku composed on the flower as a motif for my calligraphy.
No white flower, neither yellow one/
Chrysanthemums are/
Sheer dark/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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今日は旧暦の重陽の節句に当たります。それで、菊花を詠んだ現代俳句を書いてみました。
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About five days from today is said to be the season when the chrysanthemum, which symbolizes wishes for longevity begins blooming.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候で、菊の花が咲き始める頃の意。菊は長寿祈願を象徴する花です。
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Somehow, at times, Japanese people are not happy with my calligraphy. Therefore, I always hope to have opportunities where people from many other countries get to see my calligraphy.
Little birds fly/
Just as painting characters/
From foreign countries/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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どういうものか私の字は日本の人にウケないことがあります。
それで、外国の方々が多くご覧くださる機会があればいいなと思うのです。
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This is the seasonal phrase or solar term for about five days starting today, which apparently means it is about the time thunders that begin around the vernal equinox will stop. I found it very interesting that people in olden times believed thunder begins around the vernal equinox day and stops around the autumnal equinox day.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候で、春分に鳴り始めた雷が、この秋分の頃に収まるという意味。昔の人々は、春分の頃から秋分の頃まで雷が鳴ると信じていたらしい。
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Because today marks the first day of the period of “higan”, which roughly is synonymous with “the afterlife”, I thought remembering ancestors would be something appropriate to do on this day.
Photographs of late parents/
Look quite young/
O, autumnal Equinox/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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今日は彼岸の入りですので、ご先祖さんを思い出しましょうか。
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