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一時雨礫や降つて小石川　 hito shigure tsubute ya
一時雨礫や降つて小石川　 hito shigure tsubute ya futte Koishikawa a winter drizzle and now - some hailstones falling at Koishikawa T...

阿蘭陀も花に来にけり馬に鞍　 Oranda mo hana ni ki
阿蘭陀も花に来にけり馬に鞍　 Oranda mo hana ni ki ni keri uma ni kura The Dutchmen, too, for cherry flowers have come on horses sad...

なかなかに心をかしき臘月哉 naka naka ni kokoro
なかなかに心をかしき臘月哉 naka naka ni kokoro okashiki shiwasu kana here and now I feel quite at ease - Twelfth Month shiwasu 師走...

涼しさを飛騨の工が指図かな suzushisa o Hida no
涼しさを飛騨の工が指図かな suzushisa o Hida no takumi ga sashizu kana to provide coolness the carpenter from Hida has all the instructi...

From Atsuta there were two possibilities to reach the next station
From Atsuta there were two possibilities to reach the next station of the Tokaido, Kuwana. One was via Saya 佐屋 and then by boat on the river Kisog...

このあたり目に見ゆるものは皆涼し kono atari me ni
このあたり目に見ゆるものは皆涼し kono atari me ni miyuru mono wa mina suzushi Written in mid-summer of 1688 貞亨五仲夏, Basho ...

野を横に馬引き向けよほととぎす no o yoko ni uma
野を横に馬引き向けよほととぎす no o yoko ni uma hikimuke yo hototogisu across the plain, turn my horse over there! cuckoo Tr. Barnhi...