{
  "order": ["haru", "natsu", "aki", "fuyu"],
  "seasons": {
    "haru": {
      "glyph": "春",
      "name": "spring",
      "word": "blossoms",
      "wordJp": "桜",
      "wordRomaji": "sakura",
      "particle": "petal",
      "haiku": [
        { "slug": "an-ancient-pond-basho", "lines": ["An ancient pond!", "With a sound from the water", "Of the frog as it plunges in."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "furu ike ya · kawazu tobikomu · mizu no oto", "jp": "古池や · 蛙飛びこむ · 水の音", "source": "composed 1686; trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "perched-upon-buson", "lines": ["Perched upon", "the temple-bell,", "the butterfly sleeps:"], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "tsurigane ni · tomarite nemuru · kochō kana", "jp": "釣鐘に · とまりて眠る · 胡蝶かな", "source": "trans. Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan (1904), p. 188; Hearn does not name the poet; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-cloud-of-flowers-basho", "lines": ["A cloud of flowers!", "Is the bell Uyeno", "Or Asakusa?"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "hana no kumo · kane wa Ueno ka · Asakusa ka", "jp": "花の雲 · 鐘は上野か · 浅草か", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 294" },
        { "slug": "i-come-weary-basho", "lines": ["I come weary,", "In search of an inn—", "Ah! these wistaria flowers!"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "kutabirete · yado karu koro ya · fuji no hana", "jp": "草臥て · 宿かる比や · 藤の花", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "coming-this-mountain-way-basho", "lines": ["Coming this mountain way,", "no herb", "Is lovelier than the violet."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "yamaji kite · nani yara yukashi · sumire-gusa", "jp": "山路来て · 何やらゆかし · すみれ草", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 319; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "awake-awake-basho", "lines": ["Awake! awake!", "I’ll make of thee", "My comrade, sleeping butterfly."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "okiyo okiyo · waga tomo ni sen · nuru kochō", "jp": "起きよ起きよ · 我が友にせん · 寝る胡蝶", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 320; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "slowly-it-mildens-as-the-plum-ransetsu", "lines": ["[Slowly] it mildens, as the plum", "[Ventureth forth,]", "blossom by blossom."], "author": "Hattori Ransetsu", "romaji": "ume ichirin · ichirin hodo no · atatakasa", "jp": "梅一輪 · いちりんほどの · 暖かさ", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 328; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "no-friends-oh-kyorai", "lines": ["No friends, oh!", "let me meet no friends", "When I am gazing at the flowers!"], "author": "Mukai Kyorai", "romaji": "shiru hito ni · awaji awaji to · hanami kana", "jp": "知人に · あはじあはじと · 花見かな", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 330; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "after-ive-swept-yaba", "lines": ["After I’ve swept", "and tidied up,", "Adown fall some camellias."], "author": "Shida Yaba", "romaji": "haki-sōji · shite kara tsubaki · chiri ni keri", "jp": "はき掃除 · してから椿 · 散にけり", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 335; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "oh-how-its-young-ones-sanpu", "lines": ["Oh! how its young ones", "must be waiting,—", "For all too high ascends the lark!"], "author": "Sugiyama Sanpū", "romaji": "ko ya matan · amari hibari no · taka-agari", "jp": "子や待ん · 餘り雲雀の · 高あがり", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 338; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "oh-distant-past-buson", "lines": ["Oh! distant past,", "made up of slow", "But ever accumulating days!"], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "osoki hi no · tsumorite tōki · mukashi kana", "jp": "遅き日の · つもりて遠き · 昔かな", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 350; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-kite-flies-buson", "lines": ["The kite flies", "in the self-same spot", "Of sky where yesterday it flew."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "ikanobori · kinō no sora no · aridokoro", "jp": "凧 · きのふの空の · 有りどころ", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 351; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-showr-in-spring-buson", "lines": ["A show’r in spring,", "where an umbrella", "And rain-coat walk along conversing."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "harusame ya · monogatari yuku · mino to kasa", "jp": "春雨や · ものがたりゆく · 簑と傘", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 351; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "done-is-the-long-spring-day-buson", "lines": ["Done is the long spring day,", "wherein", "The nightingale did sing afar."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "uguisu no · koe tōki hi mo · kure ni keri", "jp": "鶯の · 声遠き日も · 暮れにけり", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 351; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "coming-to-see-the-flowrs-buson", "lines": ["Coming to see the flow’rs,", "I sleep", "Beneath the flowers, being free."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "hana ni kite · hana ni ineburu · itoma kana", "jp": "花に来て · 花にいねぶる · いとま哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 353; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-night-of-the-spring-buson", "lines": ["The night of the Spring,—", "Oh, between the eve", "And the dawn."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "haru no yo ya · yoi akebono no · sono naka ni", "jp": "春の夜や · 宵曙の · 其中に", "source": "trans. Yone Noguchi, The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), p. 48" },
        { "slug": "you-little-sparrows-left-without-issa", "lines": ["You little sparrows left without", "A mother,", "come and play with me."], "author": "Kobayashi Issa", "romaji": "ware to kite · asobe ya oya no · nai suzume", "jp": "我と來て · 遊べや親の · ない雀", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 357; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "o-frog-so-skinny-and-thin-issa", "lines": ["O frog, so skinny and thin,", "Fight on, and don’t give in—", "Issa is here!"], "author": "Kobayashi Issa", "romaji": "yase-gaeru · makeru na Issa · kore ni ari", "jp": "やせ蛙 · 負けるな一茶 · 是にあり", "source": "trans. Curtis Hidden Page, Japanese Poetry (1923), p. 139", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "the-nightingale-yaba", "lines": ["The nightingale", "and, at the gate,", "The unexpected bean-curd vendor."], "author": "Shida Yaba", "romaji": "uguisu ya · kado wa tamatama · tōfu-uri", "jp": "うぐひすや · 門はたまたま · 豆麩賣", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 336; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-nightingale-buson", "lines": ["The nightingale", "and—dinner-time,", "With the whole family assembled."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "uguisu ya · kanai sorōte · meshi-jibun", "jp": "うぐひすや · 家内揃ふて · 飯時分", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 350; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-sabre-kyorai", "lines": ["A sabre!", "what has such to do", "On one who comes to view the flowers?"], "author": "Mukai Kyorai", "romaji": "nanigoto zo · hana miru hito no · naga-gatana", "jp": "何事ぞ · 花みる人の · 長刀", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 330; lines re-broken" }
      ]
    },
    "natsu": {
      "glyph": "夏",
      "name": "summer",
      "word": "fireflies",
      "wordJp": "蛍",
      "wordRomaji": "hotaru",
      "particle": "firefly",
      "haiku": [
        { "slug": "a-summer-room-yaba", "lines": ["A summer room", "where, lying down,", "I see the clouds as they go past."], "author": "Shida Yaba", "romaji": "yuku kumo o · nete ite miru ya · natsu-zashiki", "jp": "行雲を · ねてゐてみるや · 夏座敷", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 336; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "tis-evening-kyorai", "lines": ["’Tis evening,", "and in serried file", "Stand the bare pinnacles of cloud."], "author": "Mukai Kyorai", "romaji": "yūgure ya · hage narabitaru · kumo no mine", "jp": "夕ぐれや · 屼並びたる · 雲のみね", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 331; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-cry-of-the-cicada-basho", "lines": ["The cry of the cicada", "Gives no sign", "That presently it will die."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "yagate shinu · keshiki wa miezu · semi no koe", "jp": "やがて死ぬ · けしきは見えず · 蝉の声", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "athwart-the-surface-of-the-stream-basho", "lines": ["Athwart the surface of the stream", "There lieth stretched", "the cuckoo’s voice."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "hototogisu · koe ya yokotau · mizu no ue", "jp": "ほととぎす · 声や横たふ · 水の上", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 324; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "over-the-summer-moor-basho", "lines": ["Over the summer moor,—", "our guide", "One shouldering fodder for his horse."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "magusa ou · hito o shiori no · natsu-no kana", "jp": "秣負う · 人を枝折の · 夏野哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 246; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "she-wraps-up-rice-cakes-basho", "lines": ["She wraps up rice-cakes,", "while one hand", "Restrains the hair upon her brow."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "chimaki yū · katate ni hasamu · hitai-gami", "jp": "粽結ふ · 片手にはさむ · 額髪", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 247; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "haply-basho", "lines": ["Haply", "the summer grasses are", "A relic of the warriors’ dream."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "natsukusa ya · tsuwamono-domo ga · yume no ato", "jp": "夏草や · 兵どもが · 夢の跡", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 305; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "ah-how-sublime-basho", "lines": ["Ah, how sublime—", "The green leaves, the young leaves,", "In the light of the sun!"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "ara tōto · aoba wakaba no · hi no hikari", "jp": "あらたふと · 青葉若葉の · 日の光", "source": "trans. Yone Noguchi, The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), p. 118" },
        { "slug": "oh-how-cool-buson", "lines": ["Oh, how cool—", "The sound of the bell", "That leaves the bell itself."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "suzushisa ya · kane o hanaruru · kane no koe", "jp": "凉しさや · 鐘をはなるゝ · かねの聲", "source": "trans. Yone Noguchi, The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), p. 47" },
        { "slug": "my-razor-boncho", "lines": ["My razor,", "in a single night,", "Is rusted by the rains of June."], "author": "Nozawa Bonchō", "romaji": "kamisori ya · ichiya ni sabite · samidare", "jp": "髪剃や · 一夜に金情て · 五月雨", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 339; Chamberlain names the poet “Hanchō”; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "ill-take-some-barley-straw-and-make-chigetsu", "lines": ["I’ll take some barley straw and make", "A house for you,", "little green frog!"], "author": "Kawai Chigetsu", "romaji": "mugiwara no · ie shite yaran · amagaeru", "jp": "麥藁の · 家してやらん · 雨蛙", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 340; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "such-heat-that-sonome", "lines": ["Such heat that,", "when the child I bear", "Upon my back plays with my hair,......"], "author": "Shiba Sonome", "romaji": "ōta ko ni · kami naburaruru · atsusa kana", "jp": "おほた子に · 髪なぶらるる · 暑さ哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 344; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "the-dream-i-dreamt-shushiki", "lines": ["The dream I dreamt", "has faded, but", "The iris keeps its colours yet."], "author": "Ōme Shūshiki", "romaji": "mishi yume no · samete mo iro no · kakitsubata", "jp": "見し夢の · さめても色の · 杜若", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 344; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "is-it-the-river-only-chiyo-ni", "lines": ["Is it the river only?—", "or is the darkness itself drifting? . . .", "Oh, the fireflies! . . ."], "author": "Fukuda Chiyo-ni", "romaji": "kawa bakari · yami wa nagarete · hotaru kana", "jp": "川ばかり · 闇はながれて · 蛍かな", "source": "trans. Lafcadio Hearn, Kottō (1902), p. 144; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "cuckoo-chiyo-ni", "lines": ["Cuckoo!", "Again cuckoo!", "Again the daylight too!"], "author": "Fukuda Chiyo-ni", "romaji": "hototogisu · hototogisu tote · ake ni keri", "jp": "ほとゝきす · 郭公とて · 明にけり", "source": "trans. Curtis Hidden Page, Japanese Poetry (1923), p. 135; traditionally attributed" },
        { "slug": "a-showr-otsuyu", "lines": ["A show’r,", "and skill of every sort", "In things to put upon the head."], "author": "Nakagawa Otsuyū", "romaji": "yūdachi ya · chie sama-zama no · kaburi-mono", "jp": "白雨や · 智恵さま〴〵の · かぶりもの", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 341; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "how-cool-the-air-kyorai", "lines": ["How cool the air!", "and through a shower", "The radiance of the setting sun."], "author": "Mukai Kyorai", "romaji": "suzushisa yo · yūdachi nagara · irihi-kage", "jp": "涼しさよ · 白雨ながら · 入日影", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 245; Chamberlain does not name the poet; lines re-broken" }
      ]
    },
    "aki": {
      "glyph": "秋",
      "name": "autumn",
      "word": "leaves",
      "wordJp": "紅葉",
      "wordRomaji": "momiji",
      "particle": "leaf",
      "haiku": [
        { "slug": "on-a-withered-branch-basho", "lines": ["On a withered branch", "A crow is sitting", "This autumn eve."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "kare eda ni · karasu no tomarikeri · aki no kure", "jp": "枯朶に · 烏のとまりけり · 秋の暮", "source": "composed c.1680; trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "a-rough-sea-basho", "lines": ["A rough sea,", "and the Milky Way", "Stretching across to Sado’s isle."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "araumi ya · Sado ni yokotau · ama no gawa", "jp": "荒海や · 佐渡によこたふ · 天河", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 322; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "oh-the-moon-gazing-basho", "lines": ["Oh! the moon-gazing", "where some clouds", "From time to time repose the eye!"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "kumo oriori · hito o yasumeru · tsukimi kana", "jp": "雲をりをり · 人をやすめる · 月見かな", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 323; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "ah-the-waving-lespedeza-basho", "lines": ["Ah! the waving lespedeza,", "Which spills not a drop", "Of the clear dew!"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "shiratsuyu mo · kobosanu hagi no · uneri kana", "jp": "白露も · こぼさぬ萩の · うねり哉", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "of-miidera-basho", "lines": ["Of Miïdera", "The gate I would knock at—", "The moon of to-day."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "Miidera no · mon tatakabaya · kyō no tsuki", "jp": "三井寺の · 門敲かばや · 今日の月", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 295" },
        { "slug": "a-stem-of-grass-basho", "lines": ["A stem of grass,", "whereon in vain", "A dragon-fly essayed to light!"], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "tonbō ya · toritsuki kaneshi · kusa no ue", "jp": "蜻蜒や · 取りつきかねし · 草の上", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 309; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "granted-this-dewdrop-world-is-but-issa", "lines": ["Granted this dewdrop world is but", "A dewdrop world,—", "this granted, yet......."], "author": "Kobayashi Issa", "romaji": "tsuyu no yo wa · tsuyu no yo nagara · sari nagara", "jp": "露の世は · つゆの世ながら · さりながら", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 298; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-well-bucket-taken-away-chiyo-ni", "lines": ["The well-bucket taken away", "By the morning-glory—", "Alas, water to beg!"], "author": "Fukuda Chiyo-ni", "romaji": "asagao ni · tsurube torarete · morai-mizu", "jp": "朝顔に · 釣瓶とられて · もらひ水", "source": "trans. Yone Noguchi, The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), p. 50; Noguchi does not name the poet" },
        { "slug": "a-hundred-tendrils-chiyo-ni", "lines": ["A hundred tendrils,", "yea! and all", "From the same vine that is their heart."], "author": "Fukuda Chiyo-ni", "romaji": "hyakunari ya · tsuru hitosuji no · kokoro yori", "jp": "百生や · 蔓一すじの · 心より", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 348; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "the-persimmon-lo-chiyo-ni", "lines": ["The persimmon, lo!", "No one can tell till he tastes it!", "Marriage is even so."], "author": "Fukuda Chiyo-ni", "romaji": "shibukaro ka · shiranedo kaki no · hatsu-chigiri", "jp": "渋かろか · しらねど柿の · 初契り", "source": "trans. Curtis Hidden Page, Japanese Poetry (1923), p. 135; traditionally attributed" },
        { "slug": "the-wild-geese-in-the-firmament-soin", "lines": ["The wild-geese in the firmament,—", "These are Dutch letters", "sideways stretching."], "author": "Nishiyama Sōin", "romaji": "Oranda no · moji ka yokotau · amatsu kari", "jp": "阿蘭陀の · 文字か横たふ · 天つ雁", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 316; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "for-all-men-teitoku", "lines": ["For all men", "’Tis the seed of siesta—", "The autumn moon."], "author": "Matsunaga Teitoku", "romaji": "mina hito no · hirune no tane ya · aki no tsuki", "jp": "皆人の · 昼寝の種や · 秋の月", "source": "trans. W. G. Aston, A History of Japanese Literature (1899), p. 290", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "a-leaf-whirls-down-ransetsu", "lines": ["A leaf whirls down", "whirls down, alackaday!", "A leaf whirls down upon the breeze."], "author": "Hattori Ransetsu", "romaji": "hito-ha chiru · totsu hito-ha chiru · kaze no ue", "jp": "一葉散る · 咄ひとはちる · 風の上", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 245; Chamberlain does not name the poet; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "yellow-chrysanthemums-ransetsu", "lines": ["Yellow chrysanthemums,", "white chrysanthemums;—", "Would there were no more names than these!"], "author": "Hattori Ransetsu", "romaji": "kigiku shiragiku · sono hoka no na wa · naku mo gana", "jp": "黄菊白菊 · 其外の名は · なくも哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 329; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "autumns-full-moon-kikaku", "lines": ["Autumn’s full moon;", "Lo, the shadows of a pine tree", "Upon the mats!"], "author": "Takarai Kikaku", "romaji": "meigetsu ya · tatami no ue ni · matsu no kage", "jp": "名月や · 畳の上に · 松の影", "source": "trans. Yone Noguchi, The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), p. 118" },
        { "slug": "in-autumn-joso", "lines": ["In autumn", "a cicada dead", "Beside the shell that it cast off."], "author": "Naitō Jōsō", "romaji": "nukegara ni · narabite shinuru · aki no semi", "jp": "ぬけがらに · ならびて死る · 秋のせみ", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 333; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-brilliant-moon-etsujin", "lines": ["A brilliant moon!", "there was no marge", "Betwixt it and the dawn of day."], "author": "Ochi Etsujin", "romaji": "meigetsu wa · yo akuru kiwa mo · nakari keri", "jp": "名月は · 夜明るきはも · なかりけり", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 337; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "without-a-word-of-warning-there-onitsura", "lines": ["Without a word of warning, there,", "In th’ autumn sky,", "Mount Fuji stands."], "author": "Uejima Onitsura", "romaji": "nyoppori to · aki no sora naru · Fuji no yama", "jp": "によつぽりと · 秋の空なる · 富士の山", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 345–346; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "oh-moon-ryota", "lines": ["Oh! moon,", "if born again, I’d be", "A pine-tree on a mountain peak."], "author": "Ōshima Ryōta", "romaji": "meigetsu ya · umare kawaraba · mine no matsu", "jp": "名月や · 生れかはらば · 峰の松", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 354; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" }
      ]
    },
    "fuyu": {
      "glyph": "冬",
      "name": "winter",
      "word": "snow",
      "wordJp": "雪",
      "wordRomaji": "yuki",
      "particle": "snow",
      "haiku": [
        { "slug": "what-haste-kyorai", "lines": ["What haste!", "a shower in the offing,", "And sails set straight, and sails set slant."], "author": "Mukai Kyorai", "romaji": "isogashi ya · oki no shigure no · maho kataho", "jp": "いそがしや · 沖のしぐれの · 眞帆かた帆", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 331; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "how-distant-on-the-fallen-leaves-buson", "lines": ["How distant on the fallen leaves", "His footstep sounds", "for whom I wait!"], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "machibito no · ashioto tōki · ochiba kana", "jp": "待人の · 足音遠き · 落葉哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 352; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "behold-the-leaf-joso", "lines": ["Behold the leaf", "that sinks and clings", "Below the water to a rock!"], "author": "Naitō Jōsō", "romaji": "minasoko no · iwa ni ochitsuku · ko no ha kana", "jp": "水底の · 岩に落ちつく · 木の葉哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 333; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "some-water-fowl-buson", "lines": ["Some water-fowl,", "and in the midst", "Of withered trees two palanquins."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "mizutori ya · kareki no naka ni · kago nichō", "jp": "水鳥や · 枯木の中に · 駕二挺", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 352; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "nothing-remaineth-joso", "lines": ["Nothing remaineth;", "for the snow", "Hath blotted out both moor and hill."], "author": "Naitō Jōsō", "romaji": "no mo yama mo · yuki ni torarete · nani mo nashi", "jp": "野も山も · 雪にとられて · 何もなし", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 332; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-single-river-boncho", "lines": ["A single river,", "stretching far", "Across the moorland swathed in snow."], "author": "Nozawa Bonchō", "romaji": "naganaga to · kawa hitosuji ya · yuki no hara", "jp": "ながながと · 川一筋や · 雪の原", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 306; Chamberlain does not name the poet; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-snowy-morning-sute-jo", "lines": ["A snowy morning,—", "everywhere", "The figure “2” left by the clogs."], "author": "Den Sute-jo", "romaji": "yuki no asa · ni no ji ni no ji no · geta no ato", "jp": "雪の朝 · 二の字二の字の · 下駄の跡", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 318; attribution doubted by some; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "the-year-has-closed-basho", "lines": ["The year has closed", "while still I wear", "My sandals and my pilgrim’s hat."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "toshi kurenu · kasa kite waraji · haki nagara", "jp": "年暮ぬ · 笠きて草鞋 · はきながら", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 319; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "taen-ill-while-journeying-basho", "lines": ["Ta’en ill while journeying,", "I dreamt I wandered", "o’er a withered moor."], "author": "Matsuo Bashō", "romaji": "tabi ni yande · yume wa kareno o · kakemeguru", "jp": "旅に病で · 夢は枯野を · かけ廻る", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 289; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "a-man-who-is-disliked-and-who-kikaku", "lines": ["A man who is disliked, and who", "Lives to old age,—", "a winter fly."], "author": "Takarai Kikaku", "romaji": "nikumarete · nagarauru hito · fuyu no hae", "jp": "憎まれて · ながらふる人 · 冬の蠅", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 327; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "how-many-may-be-hurrying-through-joso", "lines": ["How many may be hurrying through", "The drizzle", "on the Bridge of Seta?"], "author": "Naitō Jōsō", "romaji": "ikutari ka · shigure kakenuku · Seta no hashi", "jp": "幾人か · しぐれかけぬく · 勢田の橋", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 332; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "moonlight-in-winter-sanpu", "lines": ["Moonlight in winter,", "and I draw", "My neck within my comforter."], "author": "Sugiyama Sanpū", "romaji": "erimaki ni · kubi hiki-irete · fuyu no tsuki", "jp": "襟巻に · 首引入て · 冬の月", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 337–338; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "alas-the-withered-moor-whereon-chigetsu", "lines": ["Alas! the withered moor, whereon", "My figure, too,", "looks pitiful."], "author": "Kawai Chigetsu", "romaji": "waga nari mo · aware ni miyuru · kareno kana", "jp": "我形も · 哀に見ゆる · 枯野哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 339; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "poison-fish-soup-last-night-buson", "lines": ["Poison-fish soup last night,", "yet lo!", "I wake to find myself alive."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "fuku-jiru no · ware ikite iru · nezame kana", "jp": "ふく汁の · 我活キて居る · 寢覺哉", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 352; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "ash-smothered-coals-buson", "lines": ["Ash-smothered coals", "and, at long last,", "The gruel simmering in the pot."], "author": "Yosa Buson", "romaji": "uzumibi ya · tsui ni wa niyuru · nabe no mono", "jp": "埋火や · 終には煮ゆる · 鍋のもの", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 351; lines re-broken" },
        { "slug": "to-ice-all-crimson-red-ranko", "lines": ["To ice all crimson red", "has frozen", "The rime upon the buckwheat stems."], "author": "Takakuwa Rankō", "romaji": "aka-aka to · shimo kōri keri · soba no kuki", "jp": "赤〻と · 霜氷りけり · 蕎麦の茎", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 355; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "ive-seen-the-bogies-veritable-yayu", "lines": ["I’ve seen the bogie’s veritable", "Shape:—", "it’s merely withered grass."], "author": "Yokoi Yayū", "romaji": "bakemono no · shōtai mitari · kare-obana", "jp": "化物の · 生躰見たり · 枯をばな", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 349; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" },
        { "slug": "a-troop-of-sea-gulls-sora", "lines": ["A troop of sea-gulls,", "and a gust", "Off shore that breaks their whirling flight."], "author": "Kawai Sora", "romaji": "urakaze ya · tomoe o kuzusu · mura-chidori", "jp": "浦風や · 巴をくづす · むら鵆", "source": "trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 246; Chamberlain does not name the poet; lines re-broken", "added": "2026-10-16" }
      ]
    }
  },
  "gallerySeed": [
    { "lines": ["Morning train window", "a city wakes in greyscale,", "one bird disagrees."], "author": "mira", "season": "haru" },
    { "lines": ["The kettle clicks off.", "Steam writes something on the glass,", "then forgets to stay."], "author": "anonymous", "season": "natsu" },
    { "lines": ["Last leaf on the oak", "holding the whole sky alone", "I look away first."], "author": "tomasz", "season": "aki" },
    { "lines": ["Empty parking lot,", "snow erasing every line", "no one owns the white."], "author": "jun", "season": "fuyu" },
    { "lines": ["Wet pavement mirror", "catches a stranger’s umbrella", "and keeps walking on."], "author": "noor", "season": "haru" },
    { "lines": ["Cursor blinking still", "at the end of the long day", "I close the window."], "author": "anonymous", "season": "fuyu" },
    { "lines": ["The crosswalk stick man", "turns green and a whole crowd breathes,", "petals on the wind."], "author": "lena", "season": "haru" },
    { "lines": ["Sprinkler on at dusk,", "the whole street smells like childhood,", "no one is outside."], "author": "sam", "season": "natsu" },
    { "lines": ["Ceiling fan ticking,", "the afternoon refuses", "to leave the warm couch."], "author": "deniz", "season": "natsu" },
    { "lines": ["First cold morning, I", "wear the sweater that still holds", "last year’s smell of you."], "author": "yuki", "season": "aki" },
    { "lines": ["Streetlight finds the rain,", "each drop a small falling word", "the dark doesn’t read."], "author": "priya", "season": "aki" },
    { "lines": ["Radiator hums,", "I breathe on the cold window", "and draw nothing there."], "author": "anonymous", "season": "fuyu" }
  ]
}