Just to ask if 'willow' on its own, within a verse, a seasonal word?
Gabi Greve's various Kigo databases are still the best around, so a quick search showed this:
https://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/willow-yanagi.html
Quote from: flowerfox on March 13, 2019, 11:24:38 AM
Just to ask if 'willow' on its own, within a verse, a seasonal word?
It's awesome how much she has covered around kigo and other aspects of Japanese haikai literature.
warm regards,
Alan
Thanks, Alan. A link I will no doubt be using many times.
edit:
Issa's travels in the western province-
when I turn around
the beautiful woman's gone—
willow tree
The verb certainly gives the interest to look deeper. This is the closest to what I was looking for to represent a death poem I have in mind.