Yangming Mountain

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Mount Yangming, Yang-ming shan

***** Location: Taiwan
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Explanation


Mt. Yangming is situated in the north of Taipei the capital of Taiwan. It’s internalionally known for its natural mountain streams, hot springs, waterfalls and forest parks. Starting from late February to early April every year, the floral season of Mt. Yangming begins with azalea and cherry flowers in full bloom. Besides, camellia, peach, and plum blossom and apricot also vie with each other.

Chen-ou Liu

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Mt Yangming at dawn
the scent of plum blossoms
drifts across the path


written for Basho
and in response to his haiku below:

in the plum blossom scent
the sun pops out
a mountain path

Chen-ou Liu


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梅が香にのつと日の出る山路哉
ume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana

scent of plum blossoms
on the misty mountain path
a big rising sun


Walking along the Old Road to Izumo, I came along a stone memorial to this haiku:

Man no Tawa, the Old Pass to the Harima Province

In the middle of nowhere there is a sign and then a stone memorial in rememberance of Matsuo Basho !
The "Fragrant Plum Memorial", baikazuka, umekazuka 梅香塚.

In the year 1793, the local haiku master of Doi invited other haiku friends to celebrate the 100th death day of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) with the erection of a stone monument　with one of his haiku:

in the fragrance of plum blossoms
the sun comes out
on this mountain road

Basho published this haiku in the year 1694 in the collection A Sack of Charcoal (Bag of Charcoal) (Sumidawara　炭俵).

The area here was known for the beautiful mountain crossing of this pass.

. The Road to Izumo .



With plum blossom scent,
this sudden sun emerges
along a mountain trail
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(The Japanese has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.)


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Related words


***** Plum Blossoms (ume 梅)



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