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. Kigo Calendar - the 12 Months .


. 語呂合わせ goroawase days every month .

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- January - / - Feburary - / - March -

- April - / - May - / - June -

- July - / - August - / - September -

- Ocotber - / - November - / - December -


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Each month comes with special days, some of them festivals,
others relating to the change of the seasons.

I hope to collect relevant kigo for each month.

If you find any that are still missing,
please contact me.

Gabi Greve


. National Holidays of Japan .
all of them are kigo


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For the worldwide approach to kigo,
we must differentiate between the "Haiku Season" and the natural phenomenon and human activites occuring at a certain season at a certain place.

To complicate our endeavor, we also have to deal with the Asian Lunar Calendar and the 24 seasons (periods), which were applied in Japan before the introduction of the Western Calendar, when kigo were already used in Japanese poetry.

Japan has been using the Gregorian calendar since 1874, but still refers to its
KYUREKI 旧暦, the old calendar, on many occasions.
The months in haiku are one of them.

the HAIKU SEASONS

spring begins, February 4, risshun 立春
summer begins, May 6, rikka　立夏
autumn begins, August 8, risshuu　立秋
winter begins, November 7, rittoo　立冬


. The Japanese Calendar System .


. Seasons beginning .

. Seasons ending .



Calendar reference kigo in the WKD

Months will not be used to define a SEASON, because of the differences in the Northern and Southern hemisphere, see below. But SUMMER is SUMMER.

Northern and Southern Hemisphere
If there is not specific mention in the WKD, a calendar reference kigo refers to the Northern Hemisphere as its place of origin, since haiku and the saijiki concept originates in Japan.
For the Southern Hemisphere, add six months.

For a calendar reference kigo originating in the Southern Hemisphere, add six months to get to its Northern counterpart.
These adjustments will not be mentioned specifically for each kigo.

Example: Christmas
a typical calendar time reference kigo

Kigo for Mid-Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. (Will be mentioned)
Kigo for Summer in the Southern Hemisphere. (Will not be mentioned.)
Kigo for "Hot and Dry Season" in the Tropics. (Will not be mentioned)

. WKD - Worldwide Haiku Seasons .


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. Ceremonies, festivals, rituals - SAIJIKI .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - SAIJIKI .


Here is a large collection of days remembered worldwide for a special purpose.
Some have an entry of their own, so click on the hyperlink, please.

. WKD : World Days .

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. WKD : the complete SAIJIKI list .



. - - Shrines and Temples - ABC index - - .


. Darumapedia - PERSONS - main index .


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. Japanese Calendar Days .

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A lot depends on goroawase - wordplay with numbers

. goroawase　語呂合わせ　wordplay with numbers .
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- Example :
1492 (discovery of America by Columbus)
いよくに　iyo (yoi) kuni ＝　”It’s a good country”


Other Words In Goroawase

There’s also a bunch of words and phrases that can be created from and converted to numbers that are pretty interesting as well.

４６４９　→　よろしく　→　宜しく yoroshiku (definition here)
１８７８２　→　いやなやつ　→　嫌な奴 iya na yatsu (unpleasant dude)
８９３　→　やくざ yakuza (Yakuza)
３９　→　さんきゅう　→　San Kyuu (Thank You)
０８４０　→　おはよう Ohayo (good morning)
７２４１０６　→　なにしてる　→　何してる (What are you doing?)
８８８　→　ハハハ　→　Hahaha
８８９　→　はやく　→　早く hayaku (Hurry)
０９０６　→　おくれる　→　遅れる okureru (Late)

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