I have used the subdivided solar terms as motifs for my calligraphy for some time. In the meantime, some of the phrases don’t give me actual feelings and at some other times, I find things I have never seen in person, like this one 綿柎開, meaning “calyx enwrapping cotton opens”.
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こうやって七十二候の名称を作品のモチーフにしていますが、ときとして「実感が湧かない」と思うこともあり、またこれ「綿柎開」（「綿を包むがくが開く」の意）のように現実に見たことがないものもあります。
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The seasonal phrase for this time of year is this. It apparently means “there is dense mist all round”. Do you agree to this comment on thick fog at this time?
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。意味としては、「深い霧が立ち込める」ということらしいですが、霧って見ますか、この時期に？
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The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is this, “evening cicadas sing”, which somehow implies a sort of loneliness, that is, a feeling the summer season is finally ready to leave.
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今ぐらいの時節の七十二候の名称です。寒蝉はひぐらしだそうですが、何とはなしに夏ももう終わっていくのかなという寂しさを感じます。
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“First cool breeze in fall blows” is a seasonal phrase for this time of year. Today it is quite windy because of the typhoons but we don’t feel this kind of pleasantly cool wind.
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。今日は台風の影響でかなり強い風が吹いていますが、涼風とは言い難いのです。
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“Sometimes a massive rainfall occurs” is the seasonal phrase for this week or so. We have heavy rainfalls at times for sure around this time of year. However, the scale of “heavy” seems to have changed comparing when I was growing up.
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「大雨時行」。この時期の七十二候の名称がこれです。ときどき大雨が降るということのようで、確かにその通りですが、大雨の規模が昔とは違ってきている気がします。
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The seasonal phrase for these five days or so is this. It means “Earth gets wet; air gets hot and humid”. I have no objection at all.
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この1週間たらずの期間の七十二候の名称です。土が潤って蒸し暑い。その通りです。
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This is the seasonal phrase given to these days of end of July. If we only think of the letters, it seems to mean the empress trees begin to bloom first flowers. However, I learned this phrase means the blossoms begin to bear fruits. The flowers are known to bloom in early summer.
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この7月の終わりの時期の七十二候の名称です。字だけを見ると桐のお花が咲き始めるという意味みたいですが、その花が実を結びだすという意味のようです。お花は初夏に咲くのだそうです。
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I chose a phrase about “Japanese plum fruits ripen to be yellowish” from the subdivided seventy-two seasonal phrases and wrote it on a wooden piece the other day. Then, someone liked it very much and offered to buy it. However, I felt a little sorry because it is such a small work. So, I sent this person a postcard work as well as a gift. Then to my greatest pleasure, I received these images showing me how she is enjoying my calligraphy.
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先日七十二候の中から「梅の実が黄色く熟す」という内容の言葉を選んで、木の札に書きました。これをとても気に入った方が購入を申し出てくださいました。けれども、こんな小さな作品では申し訳ないと思いましたので、ハガキ作品をおまけにつけたところ、このように飾っていますと、画像を送ってきてくださいました。自分の字を喜んでもらえて、本当に嬉しいことです。
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The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is this. It literally means “decayed grass becomes fireflies”, which is “fireflies appear from the decayed grass”.
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。枯れたる草 蛍と為る。枯れた草から蛍が生じるということらしいです。
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This is the seasonal phrase for this time of the year. “Montes come into the world.” I don’t care much for this kind of insects. However, I guess this must be the most representative example for this season.
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この時期の七十二候の名称がこれです。「蟷螂生」私はあまり好きではありません。でもこの季節を象徴するものの代表なのでしょう。
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