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Joys of Japan

A Tribute to Japanese Culture



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Tribute to Gabi Greve




Says Mark:
"When I began studying Buddhist statuary in 1995, Gabi-san was the first to contact me.
She has since become a mentor, advisor, inspiration, and friend.
Blessings to you GABI and gassho from your student."

Look at his video here:
. Mark Schumacher .
Japanese Buddhist Statuary Dictionary


Thank you, Mark, this is such a joy indeed!


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joyful!
the fence's little bamboo
at the peak of youth

don't cry, insects--
lovers part
even among the stars


Kobayashi Issa


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Johnny Baranski

from Hiroshima
to Fukushima
still the joys of japan

this ravaged land
still a joy to behold;
rice wine

sorrow and loss
the joy of Mt. Fuji
always with us


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Mount Fuji




Gillena Cox

Mt Fuji -
old snowy top
a poets muse



Patrick Duffey

a pure stainless shrine
timeless Fuji soars above
bones and defilement



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Patrick Duffey

I

bright summer morning
the musty smell of jinko
still clings to your hair.

though not completely awake
last night rushes back at me

II

Mid July morning
a soft grey mist everywhere
hill and sky obscured

for forty years, behind me
now at sixty, my destination

III

cannot find the moon
yet luminous clouds tell me
that it's still up there

It would seem there're two, moons that is,
one veiled, another in my heart


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Laguna evening
two boys still chilling
before heading home


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Matsushima

- The Matsushima Relief Fund - Kathleen Paul -




Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic

no butterfly's wings
not a breath of breeze-
the touch of snow




Robin D Gill 敬愚

Matsushima ya itsu ka yuku ka to omotta ga
Yuki ni yukanu mo matsu zo Matsushima!  




Gillena Cox

oh so gently
she covers all
snow 



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cherry blossoms




Angelika Bygott

Joys of Japan
the scent of cherry blossoms
cool Spring day




Robin D Gill

And the sublimity
of floating in the blue sky
above the blossoms.




Bonita Lee Penn

fresh scent of pink blossoms
playful mist embraces tall bamboo grass
tickles awake songs of uguisu




Vasile Moldovan

Looking to Japan
I began to scent the fragrance
of cherry blossoms



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Japanese Pottery


Robert Yellin, yakimono gallery

Gabi Greve

a fine tokkuri
a fine yunomi
a fine sake



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fallen leaves



Patrick Fetu

Ne pleure pas -
Même après le feu ardent
tu as su renaître.



Massih Talebian

This insightful verse reminds me a phrase by Kamo-no-Chomei ( 1154-1216),spiritual master to Basho who after thye Kyoto tornado in 1177 has wriiten in his diaries:

“When dawn arrives they die and as the water bubbles they are born in the evening”

don,t cry,
you are dying with dawn
born with eve


ne pleure pas,
tu meurs d'aube
née avec Eve


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Fred Masarani

an Uptown Sushi bar---
the chef says
he's Chinese


Japan's hand held
device of choice---
is now a Geiger counter

November 2011



11/11/11---
the next time
you'll be dead

November 11, 2011


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haiga by Origa (Olga Hooper)

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Francis Tugayé

Moon at the bedside
of the little girl sleeping
– Hiroshima Bay.


La lune au chevet
de la fillette endormie
– baie d'Hiroshima.

. Calligraphies are HERE .


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Angelo Ancheta

late moon -
kids holding breath
for the punchline





Hideo Suzuki

日暮しの 鳴き声惜しむ 夏去りぬ

buzzing of cicadas
reminds me
of the passing season ...


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José Marins





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Graziella Dupuy

entre ciel et terre
tranquility of the mountain
teintée de silence






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Thomas Carty : Old Woman - Young Child

Hand in hand they walk
Woman, grandchild, together
Past holds tomorrow


. see also : Japan - A Land of Tragedy




Bos Tsip

bonsai...
the intricate twist and bend
of every leaf







Ralf Bröker

watching
an open door to be
opened wider


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Zu Fuss durch Japan / Walking through Japan
Starting from the beginning of August, I will track the whole lenghth of Japan from Hokkaido in the North, along the West coast across the main island Honshu, down to the Southern tip of Kyushu. Within four months, I am planning to cover a distance of more than 2500 km – all on foot.
Join Thomas in his walk !
source : Thomas Köhler

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Elaine Andre

the craftsman remains
through time and skyline changes
he communes with me



(Osaka Castle - Bronze Railing Caps)


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Mar Ordóñez Castro

full of blossoms
another stormy night
made them vanish

after Typhoon Talas, September 04, 2011



Thomas Carty

An old woman's smile
Says "I've seen it before:
Earthquakes and storms
Morning always came: sun rose
We ate, loved, prayed, wept and slept."




life goes on -
cicadas announce
the end of the storm


Gabi Greve
. Typhoon 12 - Talas .


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Jean-Claude 'Bikko' Nonnet

à califourchon
sur une chaise longue
~ triangle d'ombre



astride
on a deck chair
~ triangle shadow


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September 11, 2011


Patrick Fetu

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Lisette Root

the moon softly shines
white chrysanthemums are laid
upon the altar

after ten long years
towers of light climb high
september again



It seems right that two such solemn occasions should fall upon the same day.

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Graziella Dupuy

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cicada chorus -
the silence of meditating
for peace


. Gabi Greve . Diary .


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My Kannon Praying for Peace


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