naviarhaiku377 – Easily glows

Easily glows
and easily goes
a firefly

Chine was the younger sister of Mukai Kyorai, the author of last week’s poem. Together the siblings kept a journal during a trip from Kyoto to the Ise shrine in 1686. Kyorai’s Ise Journal begins as follow:

 

    The sun hot yet wind cool on our heads,
    I take my younger sister on a pilgrimage to Ise.

    (Chine’s reply)

    Until Ise
    such good companions,
    morning geese

     

Chine died in 1688, at 26. The haiku of the week is Chine’s death poem.

A Firefly (naviarhaiku377)

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