Kazuko M.
@estherhawdon.bsky.social
I teach English at University. I love reading books, listening to music and watching films. My favorite writers are Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Bronte, Kazuo Ishiguro, Wilkie Collins etc.
"Tired of hearing
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"Tired of hearing
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
"one must bend
in the floating world -
snow on the bamboo" Chiyo-ni
(image: Harunobu Suzuki)
in the floating world -
snow on the bamboo" Chiyo-ni
(image: Harunobu Suzuki)
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"one must bend
in the floating world -
snow on the bamboo" Chiyo-ni
(image: Harunobu Suzuki)
in the floating world -
snow on the bamboo" Chiyo-ni
(image: Harunobu Suzuki)
"the ice of the moat
cracking...
winter moon" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Shotei Takahashi)
cracking...
winter moon" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Shotei Takahashi)
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"the ice of the moat
cracking...
winter moon" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Shotei Takahashi)
cracking...
winter moon" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Shotei Takahashi)
"sunset in snow
is like a letter read
many times"
― Ryuta Iida (tr. Gabi Greve)
(image: Kaii Higashiyama )
is like a letter read
many times"
― Ryuta Iida (tr. Gabi Greve)
(image: Kaii Higashiyama )
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"sunset in snow
is like a letter read
many times"
― Ryuta Iida (tr. Gabi Greve)
(image: Kaii Higashiyama )
is like a letter read
many times"
― Ryuta Iida (tr. Gabi Greve)
(image: Kaii Higashiyama )
"at the old pond
snow falls on Mandarin ducks
in twilight"
Basho Matsuo
(image: Jakuchu Ito)
snow falls on Mandarin ducks
in twilight"
Basho Matsuo
(image: Jakuchu Ito)
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"at the old pond
snow falls on Mandarin ducks
in twilight"
Basho Matsuo
(image: Jakuchu Ito)
snow falls on Mandarin ducks
in twilight"
Basho Matsuo
(image: Jakuchu Ito)
"The snow,
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"The snow,
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
As I watch,
Keeps falling and falling." Santoka
(image: Hasui Kawase)
"It's drizzling,
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"It's drizzling,
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
Here I am,
Still alive." Santoka
(image: Takeji Asano)
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
"I walked abroad on a snowy day:
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"I walked abroad on a snowy day:
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
I ask'd the soft Snow with me to play:
she play'd and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call'd it a dreadful crime."
― William Blake, Soft Snow
[image: Koson Ohara]
"day after day after day
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"day after day after day
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
only cold drizzle with snow ―
I am getting older" Ryokan Taigu
[image: Shufu Miyamoto]
"life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"life in this world
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
just like a temporary shelter
from a winter shower"
― Sogi (tr. Makoto Ueda)
(image: Hasui Kawase)
"at the crescent moon
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
"at the crescent moon
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
the silence
enters the heart"
― Chiyo-ni (trans. Donegan & Ishibashi)
(image: Mikiko Noji)
"I wake
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"I wake
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
snow falls,
not that I'm lonely" Santoka
[image: Snowy morning, Settai Komura]
"don't cry, geese!
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"don't cry, geese!
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
your inn is wherever
the autumn moon shines" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Bairei Kono)
"Kyoto --
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi
(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi
(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"Kyoto --
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi
(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi
(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)
"Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again" Paul Simon
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
I've come to talk with you again" Paul Simon
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again" Paul Simon
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
I've come to talk with you again" Paul Simon
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
"Hide and seek
Count to three
Winter comes" Shuji Terayama
[7th of Nov. 2025 = 立冬(rittou), the beginning of the winter
(images: Kiyokata Kaburagi / Yumeji Takehisa)
Count to three
Winter comes" Shuji Terayama
[7th of Nov. 2025 = 立冬(rittou), the beginning of the winter
(images: Kiyokata Kaburagi / Yumeji Takehisa)
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"Hide and seek
Count to three
Winter comes" Shuji Terayama
[7th of Nov. 2025 = 立冬(rittou), the beginning of the winter
(images: Kiyokata Kaburagi / Yumeji Takehisa)
Count to three
Winter comes" Shuji Terayama
[7th of Nov. 2025 = 立冬(rittou), the beginning of the winter
(images: Kiyokata Kaburagi / Yumeji Takehisa)
"Rabbit, Rabbit,
What are you looking at as you jump?
I am looking at the full moon."
― folk song for children in Japan
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
What are you looking at as you jump?
I am looking at the full moon."
― folk song for children in Japan
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Rabbit, Rabbit,
What are you looking at as you jump?
I am looking at the full moon."
― folk song for children in Japan
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
What are you looking at as you jump?
I am looking at the full moon."
― folk song for children in Japan
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
"November always seemed to me
the Norway of the year."
Emily Dickinson’s Norway theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11...
(image: Zdzislaw Beksinski)
the Norway of the year."
Emily Dickinson’s Norway theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11...
(image: Zdzislaw Beksinski)
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"November always seemed to me
the Norway of the year."
Emily Dickinson’s Norway theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11...
(image: Zdzislaw Beksinski)
the Norway of the year."
Emily Dickinson’s Norway theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11...
(image: Zdzislaw Beksinski)
"Morning sparrows,
Their voices say the snow's arrived
In the distant mountain" Seisensui Ogiwara
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
Their voices say the snow's arrived
In the distant mountain" Seisensui Ogiwara
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"Morning sparrows,
Their voices say the snow's arrived
In the distant mountain" Seisensui Ogiwara
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
Their voices say the snow's arrived
In the distant mountain" Seisensui Ogiwara
(image: Rokuro Taniuchi)
"Happy things,
Sad things also,
The weeds grow abundantly." Santoka
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
Sad things also,
The weeds grow abundantly." Santoka
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Happy things,
Sad things also,
The weeds grow abundantly." Santoka
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
Sad things also,
The weeds grow abundantly." Santoka
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
"Here is a man
thoroughly solitary ―
a shadow of oblivion
drifting one place
to another, flowing on and on" Bokusui Wakayama
(images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara )
thoroughly solitary ―
a shadow of oblivion
drifting one place
to another, flowing on and on" Bokusui Wakayama
(images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara )
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Here is a man
thoroughly solitary ―
a shadow of oblivion
drifting one place
to another, flowing on and on" Bokusui Wakayama
(images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara )
thoroughly solitary ―
a shadow of oblivion
drifting one place
to another, flowing on and on" Bokusui Wakayama
(images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara )
"in the owl's opinion
every day
is long" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Mikiko Noji / Hiroshige)
every day
is long" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Mikiko Noji / Hiroshige)
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"in the owl's opinion
every day
is long" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Mikiko Noji / Hiroshige)
every day
is long" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Mikiko Noji / Hiroshige)