Shodo-mixed Summer verse Work

"A Japanese cuckoo shings..." by Kyorai

#015　A Japanese cuckoo shings...

Size：	about 14×10 cm
Dressing：	hanging scroll

What verse？

verse:	Hototogisu naku ya hibari to jyumonji
(imho):	A Japanese cuckoo shings, with a skylark, in the shape of a cross.
poet:	Mukai, Kyorai
in:	17-18th century

A Japanese cuckoo flies vertically, and a skylark flies horizontally. That is why, you can see the orbit in the shape of a cross. Someday i would like to see these birds fly.
Since a Japanese cacoo is a bird in the summer and a skylark is in the spring, it also represent changing seasons, does it?

As Mr. Shiki, famous poets in Japan, praised as "the most skillful　phrase", this verse gives reader's mind a clear image.(Siki's verse >>)
Unlike verses in the Kokin Wakashu, there is no interpretation of the inside and outside, so i can simply face haiku verse like this comfortably.