Lesser Cuckoo,Hototogisu,ホトトギス

This is the second installment of a two-part series of this topic

About haiku

The lesser cuckoo-related haiku that is known well to a Japanese people . Well known best one is that

「Me　ni Aoba　YamaHototogisu Hａｔｓｕｇａｔｓｕｏ」 by Sodo Yamaguchi (1642-1716).

Japanese seventeen- syllable poem is called haiku, which is composed in 5-7-5 syllabic form.

"Me-ni-a-o-ba /ya-ma-ho-to-to-gi-su/ha-tu-ga-tsu-o", ;;;in only a hiragana letter

"め-にｰあｰお-ば/や-ま-ほ-と-と-ぎ-す/-はｰつ-が-つ-お"

---------- --5-------/-------------7----------/-----------5-------

"Green leaves to eyes/Mountain lesser cuckoo/First bonito come to table"; literal translation

About a meaning of this haiku, although my interpretation.

It is spring, and the trees and plants of hills and fields become green, and a lesser cuckoo sings in the hills and fields. And I eat a bonito for the first time this year.

Japan, which is surrounded in the sea , and has the change of the clear spring, summer, autumn, winter of four seasons with humid subtropical climate, and　people eats various kinds of marine products fish habitually.

I think that such a background make people write a haiku.

俳句について

日本国民に良く知られているホトトギス関連の俳句は

「目に青葉山ほととぎす初鰹」　　　山口素道（1642-1716）　Sodo Yamaguchi

日本の17音節詩は俳句と呼ばれています。そして、それは5-7-5音節の調子で組み立てられます。

"め-にｰあｰお-ば/や-ま-ほ-と-と-ぎ-す/-はｰつ-が-つ-お"

-----5--------------/------------7--------------/----------5--------

この俳句の個人的な見解

春になって野山の草木が緑になり、野山でははホトトギスが鳴いている。そして、今年初めて鰹を食べる。

日本は海に囲まれて、湿った亜熱帯の気候でくっきりした4つの春、夏、秋、冬の移り変わりがあって、いつもいろいろな海産物魚を食べる。このような背景が人々に俳句を書かせるのだと思います。

The unstable weather such as a typhoon, the heavy rain continues, and the Japanese Islands bring heavy damage to farm products recently.