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Read January 13, 2010, 09:11:33 pm #0
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Oral Transmission
In Hatsumi's book Art of the ninja: Secret techniques, there is a section where he talks on how the ninja of old passed down information through things like haiku. One of his examples is:
A morning glory
has usurped my well bucket
I can go next door

I figured we could have a thread we're we could come up with and share our own or discuss meanings of others.

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Read January 13, 2010, 10:21:18 pm #1
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Re: Oral Transmission
This sounds, fun. However, the translation will kill the meaning as many words in Japanese can mean others when written or used with others.

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Read January 14, 2010, 12:31:12 am #2
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Re: Oral Transmission
So maybe we should just make up our own, I like that morning glory one, I thought on it before I was pretty sure I knew what it was saying

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Read January 14, 2010, 03:08:37 am #3
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No, that's fine. I'm sure most of them will work. Do you have many to share? Old and new, but specify them please.

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Read January 14, 2010, 05:24:13 am #4
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Re: Oral Transmission
Only one other in the book:
Summer quietness
Cicada voices burrow
into the cliffside.

 and for those that care in japanese #1
Asagao ni
Tsurube torarete
Morai mizu

and the second:
shizukasa-ya
Iwa ni shimim-iru
Semi no koe

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Read April 19, 2010, 02:18:26 pm #5
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Re: Oral Transmission
A poem of Shibata martial poems:

When you encamp on a place close to the enemy line, you should make brisk watch fires every night
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Read April 20, 2010, 12:16:49 am #6
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Re: Oral Transmission
Endless repeating
Movements, lessons hardly used
A lifes full study

"Ancora Imparo" - Michelangelo
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Read April 20, 2010, 01:06:12 am #7
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mine was from medieval japan, where did that one come from?  shocked
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Read April 20, 2010, 01:48:30 am #8
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Re: Oral Transmission
Quote from: Shinobi Soldiers on April 20, 2010, 01:06:12 am
mine was from medieval japan, where did that one come from?  shocked

Contemporary American!


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Read April 20, 2010, 10:38:19 am #9
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hahah wow, thats amazing!!! i wonder if there are more?  Tongue
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Read April 20, 2010, 01:20:22 pm #10
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Quote from: Shinobi Soldiers on April 20, 2010, 10:38:19 am
hahah wow, thats amazing!!! i wonder if there are more?  Tongue

Sure!  All I have to do is compose them!  Should be an almost endless supply!


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