一とむらのおいらん草に夕涼み　　　三橋鷹女

hitomura no oiransô ni yûsuzumi

            a cluster

            of ‘courtesan’ grass

            the cool of the evening

                                                            Takajo Mitsuhashi

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:   Takajo Mitsuhashi (1899-1972)    ‘oiransô’ (‘summer phlox,’ literal translation: ‘courtesan grass’) is a summer kigo.