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Sakura, Spring, Poems... N Ainoda and JT Qu KMU CIE Cafe, April 15, 2009 Slide 2 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese 1 Synonym of flower after Heian period (794-1191) before Heian, flower = ume (plum) from China Symbol of spring, rebirth of short life Words with - sakura sakura iro: soft pink, sakura yu: special tea for celebration sakura zensen: cerry-blossom front sakura gai: a pink shellfish, - hana (o) hana mi: cherry blossom-viewing hana fubuki : petals falling like snowstorm Slide 3 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese 2 We enjoy cherry blossoms AND leaves: ha zakura http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%89%E6%A1%9C Slide 4 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese 3 AND fallen petals: Slide 5 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C Slide 6 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Varieties 1 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C#.E3.82.B5.E3.82.AF.E3.83.A9_.E3.81.A8_.E3.82.B5.E3.82.A F.E3.83.A9.E3.83.B3.E3.83.9C In Japan 8 groups: wild and cultivated in each group more than 600 kinds Cultivated Someiyoshino is representative. (after late Edo era) Slide 7 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C http://kimassi.net/kenrokumei/sakurakenroku.html Varieties 2: Number of petals Slide 8 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese poems 1 Tanka (a total of 31 syllables, divided to 5-7-5-7-7) I wish I die under the cherry blossoms with full moon in spring Saigyo (1118-1190) Slide 9 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese poems 2 Haiku (a total of 17 syllables, divided to 5-7-5) Cheery blossoms remind me many things. Basho (1644-1694) Slide 10 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Japanese poems 2 nd Basho Blossoms are falling into soup and salad under the cherry tree. We can enjoy the moon above the cherry blossoms for a while. Dont mind having a hangover during the sakura season. Slide 11 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Sakura and Chinese poems A.D 772 -846 a new cherry tree in the garden, it is a kind of travel just loafing around the tree. ? A.D 812 -858 Slide 12 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C Slide 13 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C Slide 14 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Washngton DC http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C Slide 15 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C Slide 16 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda http://images.google.co.jp/images?gbv=2&hl=ja&q=%E5%85%BC%E5%85%AD%E5%9C%92%E3%80%80%E6 %A1%9C&sa=N&start=80&ndsp=20 Sakura in Kenroku-en 40 kinds, 420 trees Slide 17 KMU CIE Cafe #7 Ainoda Todays Phrase ????? Thanks for the attention. See you on May 13 (Wed)!