HAIKU easy

Another one by KOBAYASHI ISSA is,

やせ蛙 負けるな一茶 是にあり(やせがえる まけるないっさ これにあり)

Literal Translation: skinny frog, don't lose, ISSA, I am here.

1) Free Translation: Never lose, skinny frog, ISSA is here.

2) Structure: 5-7-5

3) Human Being or Human Society: Human being, the author

4) Nature or Season: Season, a flog is KIGO of spring.

5) Motivation of making HAIKU: I think it is also metaphor, perhaps he is not watching frogs fighting actually.

6) Technics: It is common sense that frogs fight with SUMO style, which is national sport in Japan. HANGAN-BIIKI means to support the weaker.

  CHOUJUU GIGA or HIROSHIGE MANGA are famous handbooks in painting.

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