たまさかの妻の正装日脚伸ぶ　　　八幡城太郎

tamasaka no tsuma no seisô hiashi nobu

wife

in her rare formal attire

sun’s legs grow long

                                                Jotaro Yawata

from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”) ,  edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981

Fay’s Note:  ‘hiashi nobu’ (literal translation:  sun’s legs grow long), a winter kigo,  means ‘the daytime has grown longer.’