菊咲けり陶淵明の菊咲けり　　　 山口青邨

kiku sakeri tô chinmei no kiku sakeri

chrysanthemums bloom

Tao Yuanming’s chrysanthemums

bloom

Seison Yamaguchi

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

Fay’s Note: Seison Yamaguchi (1892-1988)

Tao Yuanming, also known as Tao Qian, was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties period.