Rock (iwa)

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Rock (iwa)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Explanation

The word ROCK 岩 iwa 　just like this is not a kigo,
but a common topic for haiku.

including

boulder ボルダー big rather round rock
cliff　崖 gake
and other natural formations of this kind.



The word STONE　石　ishi 　just like this is also not a kigo,
but a common topic for haiku.




talk to me -
your moving silence
makes me shiver


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Let us look at some kigo with rocks!

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kigo for all spring

iwa oboro 岩朧（いわおぼろ）rock in spring haze

. Spring haziness, Spring mistiness , haze, hazy 朧 oboro




kigo for early spring

. iwa nori, iwanori 岩海苔 いわのり "rock laver"seaweed 　




kigo for late spring

. shiohi iwa 汐干岩（しおひいわ）rocks in the tideland


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kigo for all summer


. iwa shimizu 岩清水 fresh water from the rocks



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kigo for late autumn

Iwakura matsuri 岩倉祭 (いわくらまつり) "festival of the rock cave"
shiritataki matsuri 尻たたき祭（しりたたきまつり）
festival of hitting the backside

on the 15th day of the 9th lunar month
at Iwakura Town, Kyoto. Shrine Iwakura Jinja 石座神社
京都市左京区岩倉上蔵町302　
Look at some photos of the shrine
source : kinki/iwakura.htm


This is the festival of Kitayama Iwakura Myoojin, a local deity of Iwakura.
北山石蔵明神祭 Iwakura Myojin

Newly married women come here to pray for getting pregnant and have their back hit by a sacred branch.
This festival has become obsolete in the Meiji period.

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not related to this

. Iwakura waterfall and temple Daiun-Ji 岩倉大雲寺 .
京都市左京区岩倉上倉町３０５　


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Worldwide use

Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australia



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Things found on the way



rock garden, stone garden 枯山水 karesansui
"dry garden"

Reference




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. Stone Garden at Takahashi, Japan 　


enlightenment stones
in the temple garden -
summer heat

Gabi Greve, Summer 2005



. Kobori Enshu 小堀遠州 (1579 - 1647) 　
and his rock gardens　


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. Rocks and stones called DARUMA だるま岩 / 岩だるま



. Rocks called FUDO 不動岩 Fudo Myo-O Cliffs 　



. Iwaza 岩座 （いわざ）"rock seat"
for a Buddhist Deity statue



. meoto-iwa 夫婦岩 rock-formation like "a loving couple"



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HAIKU


静けさや岩に染み入る蝉の声
shizukesa ya iwa ni shimi-iru semi no koe

deep silence -
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks

grosse Stille -
das Schrillen der Zikaden
dringt in die Felsen

Matsuo Basho
Tr. Gabi Greve


Discussing various translations
. WKD : Basho at temple Yamadera



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waiting for balmy days
a boulder stands
counting stars

Bamdev Sharma
Nepal, December 2010



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Related words

. Mountain (yama) Peak (gake) hill (oka) .


Inkstone (suzuri) and related KIGO Japan

Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan)
weight lifting

Silence and Stones

Stepping stones Kenya in the rain

Stone buddha (sekibutsu, ishi botoke) Japan

Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan

Stone wall (stonewall) (ishigaki) Japan


iwagaki 岩牡蠣 "oysters from rocky shores"


. iwa hibari 岩鷚 (いわひばり) Alpine Accentor, a kind of lark
..... "rock sparrow", take suzume 岳雀（たけすずめ）
Prunella collaris


. iwagani 岩蟹 rock crabs



. iwa tsutsuji 岩躑躅（いわつつじ） "rock azalea" robes


. Uba Gongen　姥権現 Stone boulder Deity

. Stone Carvings and Sculptures
Magaibutsu 磨崖仏


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