Someone mentioned『星月夜』or “a very bright night sky”, literally “stars, moon, night” to my request asking for a favorite letter (character) or word, saying she loves the phrase because it is just very beautiful, and that she likes the famous painting by Van Gogh, as well.  

As a matter of fact, I, too, like this beautiful phrase very much and had put it into my own haiku I wrote while looking after my mother still alive at that time.  

The photo shows my work composed of three parts, that is, my tanka, my haiku and some comments.  At times when my mother had bad moods, I used to take her out putting her in her wheel chair, which happened even after dinner a number of times. 

One evening like that, the evening star and the crescent moon were seen beautifully in the sky as if they were facing each other and smiling at each other.  

The first tanka part is my description of it and the second part is a haiku I wrote imagining taking mother’s hand and flying in the night sky together, and here I used the phrase『星月夜』.  

And the last part is my comment that I was truly amazed to see my mother “expressed gratitude” to the beauty of the stars just because I had never thought she was that kind of person.

I didn’t write here, however, after returning home, she even said she should have put her hands together to give deep gratitude to the beautiful stars, which surprised me so much.

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If you have a favorite character or phrase that you would like me to write, please let me know by sending it (them) to my address,　chio_art@yushokai.com. 

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お好きな字や語を教えてくださいとお願いしたところ「星月夜」という言葉が綺麗だから好き、ゴッホの絵も好きと教えてくださった方がいました。

実は、私もこの言葉が綺麗で好きだなと思って、当時まだ存命だった母の世話をしながら俳句に詠んだことがあります。

写真は、母の世話をしているときの私の短歌と俳句と説明です。母の機嫌が悪くなると車椅子で外に連れ出していましたが、何度か夕食後にもそういうことがありました。

そんなある夜に、空には金星と三日月が向かい合って微笑んでいるように見えました。

初めの短歌部分はそのことで、その次の俳句は、母の手をひいて一緒に夜空を翔んでいる様を想像して詠んだものです。

それで最後は、金星と三日月の美しさに母が「感謝」したので、そういう発想をする人だったとは・・・と驚いたという説明です。

ここには書きませんでしたが、帰宅後母は「あんなに綺麗だったのだから、手を合わせれば良かった」とさえ言ったので、本当にびっくりしたのでした。

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さて、私の書で見てみたいと思われるお好きな字や、言葉などがありましたら、chio_art@yushokai.com宛にお教えください。

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