Mountain (yama)
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Mountains, Peak, Hill (yama, gake, oka)
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
MOUNTAIN, just like that, is not a kigo.
Mountains are challengeing in every season.
But some kigo with mountains exist. Let us look at them.
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Kigo for Spring
mountains smiling, yama warau 山笑う

Mt. Daisen, Japan
yama warau - watashi datte waraimasu yo
.. .. .. mountains smiling-
.. .. .. and me of course
.. .. .. smiling too
Photo and Haiku © Gabi Greve
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
................. kigo for late spring
enjoying the mountains, playing in the mountains
..... yama asobi 山遊、yama isami 山いさみ
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Kigo for Summer
summer mountain, natsu no yama 夏の山,
..... natsuama 夏山
summer peaks, natsune 夏嶺
green peaks, aone 青嶺
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
................. kigo for late summer
start of the mountain climbing season
"opening the mountain" yamabiraki 山開
Usually at a shrine at the foot of the mountain, with members then climbing the mountain for the first time in this new season.
mountain climbing, mounteneering, tozan 登山
trail head, tozanguchi 登山口
mountain hut, shelter, tozanyado 登山宿
..... yamagoya 山小屋
Trecking, Treck (Monsoon season in India)
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Kigo for Autumn
red-leaved mountain, momijiyama 紅葉山
"Mountain Whale" yamakujira, Wild Boar
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Kigo for Winter
wildfires, mountain fires, yamakaji 山火事
Mountains asleep (yama nemuru) 山眠る
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Kigo for the New Year
first view of the mountain, hatsu yama 初山
..... yama hajime 山初
first climb on the year, hatsuyamabumi 初山踏
..... hatsu nobori 初登り
..... yama-iri 山入
Mountain on the second of January, futsuka-yama 二日山
People who work in the mountain forests bring offerings for the gods and pray for the safety in the new coming year.
First view of Mount Fuji, hatsu Fuji 初富士

http://www.minobusanropeway.co.jp/photo/sunrize01.jpg
First Sunrise, Fuji seen from Mount Minobu
初富士のかなしきまでに遠きかな
hatsu fuji no kanashiki made ni tooki kana
first Mt. Fuji
until I have become sad
at such a distance
Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨
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Worldwide use
Germany
Mount Brocken , der Brocken
including the Walpurgis Night
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
夏山やよく雲かゝりよく晴るゝ
natsuyama ya yoku kumo kakari yoku haruru
summer mountains -
often in clouds
often in sunshine
alternative
summer mountain -
sometimes in the clouds
sometimes in sunshine
Takahama Kyoshi 高浜 虚子
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
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yama warau -
even the funeral seems
lighter
Gabi Greve, May 2005
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初詣 山の神には だれもこん
hatsu-moode yama no kami ni wa dare mo kon
first Shrine visit -
to our Mountain God
nobody comes
Gabi Greve 2004
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sleepless night—
man and mountain vibrate
in thunder
WHR: Gabi Greve, JP
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Related words
***** Asama Mountain in Shinano
***** Aso, Mount Aso in Kyushu
***** Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujisan
***** Mountain temple (yamadera) Japan.
***** Nantaisan, Mount Nantai Nikko.
***** Tsukuba Mountain, First view of Mt. Tsukuba (hatsu Tsukuba) Japan
***** Utsu no Yama, Mount Utsu, Mt. Utsu near Okabe in Shizuoka
***** Himalaya Mountains INDIA
***** Kenya, Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro Kenya Saijiki
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***** Mountain Goblins (tengu)
Non-seasonal Topic
Enchanted tengu
legend of the dark forest
superphysical
Agustin Eastwood De Mello
http://www.inzenity.com/mythku/mythsrc.shtml
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beyond the trees
behind the clouds
Mount Kanchenjunga
Johannes Manjrekar, India, September 2006
Click HERE for more photos of
Mount Kanchenjunga - Sikkim
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***** Distant mountain, foothill (toyama 外山)
topic for haiku
*** alpenglow, Alpenglühen
kigo for spring
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4 Comments:
mountain asleep ~
twilight sun sways
in breeze song
on the other side
of the seven mountains
my mother
distant mountain
even the evening star
is closer
steep mountain ...
the patience
of my own feet
dark mountain
yet wild flowers
thrive at its feet
Ella Wagemakers
www.ewchameleon.com
sacred mountain
I think of when I was four
and without sin ...
holy mountain ...
who will bless
my tired feet?
Ella Wagemakers
Yonago Flower Park
Mountain flames, fire smokes -
Brush and alpenglow burn red
Under eggshell sky
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