Saijiki

 ( Japanese Poetry ) 

A extra= "year-time chronicle" is a list of Japanese kigo (seasonal terms) used in haiku and related forms of poetry. An entry in a saijiki usually includes a description of the kigo itself, as well as a list of similar or related words, and some examples of haiku that include that kigo.Gill, Robin D. The Fifth Season—Poems to Re-Create the World: In Praise of Olde Haiku: New Year Ku; Books 1 & 2, Paraverse Press, 2007, , p.18 A kiyose is similar, but does not contain sample poems. Modern saijiki and kiyose are divided into the four seasons and New Year, with some containing a further section for muki topics. Each seasonal section is further divided into a standard set of categories, each containing a list of relevant kigo. The most common categories are the season, the heavens, the earth, humanity, observances, animals and plants.

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Japanese seasons In the Japanese calendar, seasons traditionally followed the lunisolar calendar with the and at the middle of a season. The traditional Japanese seasons are:

• Spring: 4 February–5 May
• Summer: 6 May–7 August
• Autumn: 8 August–6 November
• Winter: 7 November–3 February

In categorising kigo, a saijiki or kiyose divides each season into early, middle, and late periods, as follows:Higginson, William J. Kiyose (Seasonword Guide), From Here Press, 2005, p.24

• Early spring: 4 February–5 March
• Mid-spring: 6 March–4 April
• Late spring: 5 April–5 May
• Early summer: 6 May–5 June
• Mid-summer: 6 June–6 July
• Late summer: 7 July–7 August
• Early autumn: 8 August–7 September
• Mid-autumn: 8 September–7 October
• Late autumn: 8 October–6 November
• Early winter: 7 November–6 December
• Mid-winter: 7 December–4 January
• Late winter: 5 January–3 February

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Bibliography

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English

• The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words, selected by Kenkichi Yamamoto, on Renku Home
• William J. Higginson, ed. Haiku world: an international poetry almanac. Kodansha, 1996.
• The Japanese Haiku Topical Dictionary at the University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative
• World Kigo Database, worldwide saijiki

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French

• LE SAIJIKI: Ephéméride poétique à l'usage des poètes composant des haïku en langue française - Le Saijiki, the French version of the Saijiki by Seegan Mabesoone, has been available since 1998.

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Japanese

• Masaoka Shiki, ed. Kiyose. 1930 ()
• Kyoshi Takahama, ed. A New Saijiki, 1934 ()
• Teiko Inahata, ed. The New Hototogisu Saijiki, 1996 ()

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External links

• A Dictionary of Haiku, Classified by Season Words with Traditional and Modern Methods, by Jane Reichhold (AHA Books)

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See also

• Haiku in English
• List of kigo
• Renga, an older form of poetry employing kigo
• Renku, the poetic form from which haiku derived, also using kigo

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