New Year's Posters!

Enjoy these semi-traditional posters to celebrate the upcoming New Year!

元日や思へばさびし秋の暮

Ganjitsu ya omoeba sabishi aki no kure

New Year’s Day

when I reflect –

lonely autumn’s evening. 

初蝶のいきおひ猛に見ゆる哉
hatsu chô no ikioi mou ni miyuru kana

a butterfly
this year's first--
straight, bold

柳は縁花は紅のうき世かな
yagi wa fuchi hana wa beni no ukiyo kana

around the willow
a floating world...
red blossoms

草の葉を落つるより飛ぶ蛍かな
kusa no ha o otsuru yori tobu hotaru kana

Falling from
a grass blade, and flying away:
a firefly.

遅いの後ろに長い冬のドリフト、
スプリングは謎が付属しています
優雅で甘い

Long winter drift behind slow,
spring comes with mystery
indulgent in elegance.

(Poems are by Issa and Basho; the last poem is by Hagifuu herself)