The Moon of Winter:
is it Edo or Tokyo
that it oversees?
(Author's note: Prior to 1868, Tokyo (東京,"Eastern Capital") was known as Edo (江戸,"Bay Entrance") - The bay, of course, being Edo (now Tokyo) Bay. Edo had served as the seat of the Tokugawa Shoguns since 1603 while the Emperor lived in Kyoto from 794 to 1868. With the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial Capital was moved to the newly renamed Tokyo and the two previously seats of power joined into one.)
Ah a bit of history TB and there'll be no moon out, what with the snowfall last night....24 to 30 inches along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
ReplyDeleteYikes! That sounds...well, awful. Rainy and cold here, but nothing like that.
DeleteW. in CA
ReplyDeleteMoon covered by clouds
Rain and sleet, snow and hail, brrr...
Praise God for moisture!
Happy for moisture;
Deleteless happy for the Winter's
cold temperatures.
I do a couple crosswords a day as part of my routine and Edo is fairly often used. Another Japanese word, obi, is also used quite often, no doubt for their heavy vowel concentrations for such short words.
ReplyDeleteEd, one of the classic signals of Japanese is the language structure of consonant vowel, consonant vowel, or vowel consonant vowel.
DeleteAn interesting photo and a lovely haiku. I didn't know that about Edo and Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteLeigh, the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) is referred to as The Edo Period because of this.
DeletePerfect peace abides,
ReplyDeleteFrom God who is in heaven,
To all who believe.
To all who believe,
DeletePeace comes down in downpour:
We splash in puddles.