Saijiki


A is a list of Japanese kigo 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. A 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 seasonless 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.

Japanese seasons

In the Japanese calendar, seasons traditionally followed the lunisolar calendar with the solstices and equinoxes 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:
  • 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

English

French

  • - Le Saijiki, the French version of the Saijiki by Seegan Mabesoone, has been available since 1998.

Japanese