{"product_id":"花火果て-fireworks-end-after-takahama-kyoshi-copy","title":"糸瓜咲て \u003e silk gourds bloom \u003e after Masaoka Shiki","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"402\" data-start=\"379\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"402\" data-start=\"379\"\u003e糸瓜咲て\u003cbr data-end=\"388\" data-start=\"385\"\u003e痰のつまりし\u003cbr data-end=\"397\" data-start=\"394\"\u003e仏かな\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"407\" data-start=\"404\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"472\" data-start=\"421\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"472\" data-start=\"421\"\u003eitō uri saite\u003cbr data-end=\"439\" data-start=\"436\"\u003etan no tsumarishi\u003cbr data-end=\"459\" data-start=\"456\"\u003ehotoke kana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"477\" data-start=\"474\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"599\" data-start=\"526\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"599\" data-start=\"526\"\u003esilk gourds bloom \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"599\" data-start=\"526\"\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"552\" data-start=\"549\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003emy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"599\" data-start=\"526\"\u003e throat's clogged with phlegm\u003cbr data-end=\"567\" data-start=\"564\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e as I'm becoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"599\" data-start=\"526\"\u003e a Buddha!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"685\" data-start=\"682\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"532\" data-start=\"357\"\u003eA vine heavy with gourds clings to stone, its leaves spreading outward as blossoms quietly open. The image is natural, patient, and unadorned. Life continues without ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"832\" data-start=\"534\"\u003eThis haiku by \u003cstrong data-end=\"583\" data-start=\"548\"\u003e正岡子規 (Masaoka Shiki, 1867–1902)\u003c\/strong\u003e was written during the final years of his life, as he lay gravely ill with tuberculosis. Shiki, one of the great reformers of modern haiku, rejected romanticization and insisted on radical honesty. What he observed, he recorded—without consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1243\" data-start=\"834\"\u003eHere, the blooming gourd marks the persistence of life. Against it, Shiki places his own failing body, describing himself as a \u003cem data-end=\"969\" data-start=\"961\"\u003eBuddha\u003c\/em\u003e not in transcendence, but in condition. In Japanese usage, to die is often expressed as\u003cstrong data-end=\"1100\" data-start=\"1029\"\u003e \u003cem data-end=\"1076\" data-start=\"1060\"\u003ehotoke ni naru\u003c\/em\u003e—“\u003c\/strong\u003eto become a Buddha.” The phrase is not symbolic or aspirational; it is a plain cultural fact, naming death as a state one enters rather than a meaning one assigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1653\" data-start=\"1245\"\u003eShiki’s use of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1274\" data-start=\"1260\"\u003e仏 (hotoke)\u003c\/strong\u003e draws directly on this understanding. He is not claiming enlightenment, nor offering spiritual comfort. He is acknowledging with clarity and restraint, that he is approaching death. There is no irony, no self-pity, and no escape into doctrine. Enlightenment is not denied—but it is stripped of purity and abstraction, grounded instead in breath, illness, and the body as it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1855\" data-start=\"1655\"\u003eThe poem’s power lies in its refusal to look away. Beauty and illness coexist. Nature does not pause. The body does not become a metaphor. Everything is seen clearly, and everything is allowed to stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1664\" data-start=\"1661\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1734\" data-start=\"1686\"\u003eThis piece reflects Shiki’s defining principles:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1950\" data-start=\"1736\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1799\" data-start=\"1736\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1799\" data-start=\"1738\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1753\" data-start=\"1738\"\u003e写生 (shasei)\u003c\/strong\u003e — truthful depiction, without embellishment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1849\" data-start=\"1800\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1849\" data-start=\"1802\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1811\" data-start=\"1802\"\u003e現実の凝視\u003c\/strong\u003e — direct confrontation with reality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1898\" data-start=\"1850\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1898\" data-start=\"1852\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1865\" data-start=\"1852\"\u003e無常 (mujō)\u003c\/strong\u003e — impermanence without comfort\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1950\" data-start=\"1899\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1950\" data-start=\"1901\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1910\" data-start=\"1901\"\u003e身体の実在\u003c\/strong\u003e — the undeniable presence of the body\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2009\" data-start=\"1952\"\u003eThe gourd blooms. The throat tightens. Both are real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1754\" data-start=\"1751\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1807\" data-start=\"1777\"\u003eThis piece is well-suited for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1944\" data-start=\"1808\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1833\" data-start=\"1808\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1833\" data-start=\"1810\"\u003estudies and libraries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1866\" data-start=\"1834\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1866\" data-start=\"1836\"\u003emeditation or retreat spaces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1891\" data-start=\"1867\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1891\" data-start=\"1869\"\u003eminimalist interiors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1944\" data-start=\"1892\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1944\" data-start=\"1894\"\u003ecollectors of Japanese poetry and ink traditions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1944\" data-start=\"1892\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAnd can easily be rendered on a variety of products, ranging from apparel like t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, towels, and blankets, and\/or mugs, etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"FRONT RANGE CREATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44167232847908,"sku":null,"price":12.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/4648\/2980\/files\/Shiki.jpg?v=1778351539","url":"https:\/\/shop.frontrangecreations.shop\/products\/%e8%8a%b1%e7%81%ab%e6%9e%9c%e3%81%a6-fireworks-end-after-takahama-kyoshi-copy","provider":"Front Range Creations Art \u0026 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}