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Thank you for visiting the Darum Museum !
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This is a common guestbook for my Daruma and Haiku pages.
To sign this guestbook, Post a Comment
It will show in the comments provided below.
Thank you very much,
Gabi Greve
Director, Daruma Museum Japan
May 2005
. MY HAIKU GALLERY .
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.........................Some previous comments:
Dr Greve,
I happened upon your Daruma blog earlier this week and have found it incredibly interesting and useful. Thank you very much for your efforts in compiling and posting all this wonderful information and beautiful pictures.
T.A. Hawaii, Manoa
March 2010
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Hi Gabi,
I have bookmarked the forum and look forward to exploring it!
I am lucky to have found you, that's the wonder of the internet isn't it.
Kindest Regards,
D. from Australia
July 2008
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such a lovely blog and i discovered it just today but thank god i did.
jyotsana
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Hello Gabi Greve,
My name is xxxxx and I got your email from your website about Darumas.
I just wanted to say 'hello' and thank you for putting all your knowledge about Darumas on the internet...and in English too. I am going to try and read more of your website to find out more.
Only recently did I find out about the stroy and what it meant. I had always seen them but never knew what the story behind it was. Luckily I will be visiting Japan in a fortnight and I want to take this opportunity to buy a Daruma in Japan. Please could you advise me about what you think?
I look forward to hearing from you and thank you again for your efforts in the website!
J. October 2007
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Many thanks Gabi-san.
I admire your profound knowdlege of Japanese Culture and Art
I feel lucky to have you as a friend.
And many thanks also for sharing your knowdlege with all of us, so generously.
C.
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BACK TO
. DARUMA Museum, Japan .
. . My HAIKU GALLERY
. World Kigo Database .
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A great resource of Daruma lore!
ReplyDeleteKeep going, Gabi san !
H. from the US of A.
About Morning Mist and the Healing Effect of Haiku:
ReplyDeleteGabiさんの言われる通り、その癒し効果により、歌を詠むようになってから自分の内面に変化を感じている方もいらっしゃるのではないでしょうか？
私もとてもrelaxした時間を持てるようになりました。
歌寿人さんに至っては日々「吟行」のようなものですから安らげるのか、どうか･･･、どう？ ＾＾；
極楽庵のある山も写真のような朝霧に包まれているのですか？
「朝霧」は季語としては秋ですから、Gabiさんの暮しておられるのは、時間の流れもこの世と異なった、ほんとの極楽のような所かも･･･。＾＾
いつかお訪ねしたい気持ちがいっそう強くなりました。
極楽へ
往生やせず
生きて往く
( 極楽に季語は要せず･･･ なんて＾＾；)
をのひ ＾＾ ( smile )
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Gabiさんの、精力的で勤勉な精神に満ちたサイトを拝見するといつも、「自分も頑張ろう」という気にさせてもらえます。
Gabiさんの頑張りが枝葉を伸ばし、大きな花と実をつけて世界中に、お互いの文化と自然をいとおしむ精神が行きわたるよう祈ります。
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Gabiさま
日本人より日本を知っているかもしれませんね。
Posted by 謙
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Thank you all, BLOG 句会
http://blog.livedoor.jp/senior21/archives/22731654.html#comments
Gabi
Sanja Festival -
ReplyDeletelost in the crowds
I taste Old Edo
お祭りが終わり、にぎやかさが、消えてさびしくなる、そんな語感を
lost in とoldから感じました。
かびさんのわかりやすい表現と単語がとても易しく、それでいて意味が深く実際、こう言う 句を作るのは想像以上に難しい、だから素晴らしい、天才だ。
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteyour website is a source for my inspiration.
I thank you for offering me such an opportunity.
I am learning much from your articles.
old temple songs
for a subdued mood
tears in his eyes
GEERT
ガビさん
ReplyDelete今日写真見ましたガビさんの心で写した写真ですね
ステキでした。
Sakate
DARUMA
ReplyDeleteHello Gabi,
I want to let you know that I enjoy and appreciate your wonderful websites on Japanese
culture everytime. I just read a couple of small books.
One by Umehara Takeshi on Kukai and another by Yanagisawa Keiko on evolution. I thought of you and Japan as I read the books. I still think about sending you something of my calligraphy but I am not sure what.
Inso
Haiku
ReplyDeleteHave your blog bookmarked - one of my very favorite retreats.
D.K.
梅干の 味にもなれし ドイツ人
ReplyDelete日々手料理や いい塩梅(あんばい)ぞ
ガビさんには教えられることばかりです。
（「反省」させられる、と言ったほうが近いかな？）
これからも、健康面もいい塩梅で 世界に向け「美しい日本」を発信し続けて下さいね。
極楽庵で、いつか手料理を頂きたいものです。＾＾(smile)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/senior21/archives/24781819.html
about the Daruma educational material:
ReplyDeleteGabi, that's a splendid site!
I'm saving it...
I've also enjoyed your other recent posts --
that lotus photo is superb!
And you page on dreams was so interesting...
thank you for sharing all these!
:~)
L.
Great haiku, great photos, great writings! Thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteKayka from Brno,Czech Republic, Europe
I awoke morning sun
ReplyDeleteor did I really today
in the Fuji mist
Wrist Thick
HAIKU GALLERY
ReplyDeleteGabi,
I have bookmarked your blog - too much great mind-candy for one
sitting!
dg
始めまして、がび様。かもめでそ、「オリガ様」のLJページへがび様のコメントを読みました。がび様のページを非常に好きです：どうぞ、私の小さいLJ俳句ページへ招待を受け入れて下さい。
ReplyDeleteでは、がび様の訪問を待っています、
かもめ。
Dear Kamome san,
ReplyDeletethanks for your visit.
Your kamome site is great, I love your photos.
Unfortunately I could not post a comment in your blog.
When we get to Kamome in the Kigo Database, I would love to use your contributions.
Gabi
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
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Zen Garden Master
ReplyDeletehttp://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/08/zen-garden-master.html
Gabi,
Fascinating article.
Soothing haiku.
Thanks for posting...
D.
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Zen Garden Master
ReplyDeletethank you for this article on Shunmyo Masuno...
your webpage is quite an undertaking -
i like the term 'safekeep'.
D.R.
Thank you for your devotion to Daruma, and providing good information for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteBest Wishes, Marty
Excelent site, a lot to read.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the display of the site...is a little confusing.
But I still love it.
Wow! My name is Gabi too, and you spelled it right! Im in art class right now, and we're about to make durumas, so right now we are studying them.
ReplyDeletehaiku pages
ReplyDeleteDeine "Quotes" sind wirklich schoenes Material, das mich sehr freut. Ebenso Deine Einsichten in Haiku und die japanische Kultur.
Ganz vielen Dank!
I.P.
. QUOTES .
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Gassho Gabi
ReplyDeleteI love your site!Very inspiring! This is my website- http://sad-monk.tripod.com
I have some Daruma Sans that I painted awhile ago. I thought you might enjoy.
Namo Amituofo
Shi Yao Feng Shakya -Oregon
Chan Priest
about SHAHAI
ReplyDeleteGabi,
Thanks for sharing your photo haiku and related genres website.
It is truly amazing how many things you are involved in, and how well you do them all.
Johnye
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Thanks, Johnye,
I just try my best .
GABI
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ReplyDeleteGassho Gabi
I love your site! Very inspiring!
Your site is truly AWESOME!
metta
Shi Yao Feng Shakya
Gabi, I just found your photo of tankis in your garden when donig a search for tanuki on the web. You are so famous! And very learned. Thank you so much for your wisdom.
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you through haiku.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you have
made some very interesting and life-sustaining choices in your life...
gassho
P.
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A beautiful site, Gabi. I'll be a frequent visitor.
ReplyDelete. Gabi : About Tentori Haiku, writing for good points .
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying the haiku very much.
I like that you do not want to enter competitions and try for points - especially by changing your poetry to what a judge wants. There is a beautiful, natural energy to your haiku and it gives me happiness to read it.
Your Friend !
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Your blogspot is quite refreshing!
ReplyDeleteE. from Holland
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Dear Gabi san
ReplyDeleteI read some beautiful Haiku with photos by you on your blog
Great thanks.
Narayanan Raghunathan
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Thank you, Narayanan san, for your kind words and your support with the . INDIA Saijiki .
Gabi
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Dear Gabi-san:
ReplyDeleteI lived in Japan for 4 years. I have a medium-sized collection of Daruma, made from many different materials. I love them like children!
I just found your website today. I also just found the link to Haguro-san in Yamagata-ken, with photos. The thatched-roof temple there is "subarashi." I recommend that anyone who travels in Japan should go to Haguro-san. It is a magical place.
Arigatoo gozaimasu and long live Daruma-san!!
Judith
Chicago, Illinois USA
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI am amazing and also belong to an online bookshop of India's website that is www.bookshopofindia.com which have a lot of books like as 1000000 available for all subjects.
An online Bookshop from India with one of the biggest database for all subjects of Indian Books from major publishers of India.
Hence I saw your website which that is very nice. Good job done. So please keep it up to Add Link our site.
. Bookshop of India .
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HAIKU
ReplyDeleteI follow your posts on Yahoo and Google Groups, and admire your poetic voice and depth of observation.
My own writing background is strongly influenced by the imagist traditions, so your work really "speaks" to me.
Thank you for sharing your poems.
And thank you for all your time and attention!
peace and happiness,
Billie
Dear Gabi-san, Thanks for your email,your blog is not new to me, I have gone to your blog a few times..you did say you are a medical doctor, German and now director of a museum...! please let me know a little more about yourself
ReplyDeleteGreat blog!
ReplyDeletePaintings
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the links. I have printed out the material from your website and am closely reading it.
Your web site is a rich source of poetry and Japanese-Buddhist folklore. I can see all the work that you have done on it and appreciate that you are sharing your vast knowledge with others.
E. USA
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI have nominated your site for a "Meme." If you want to participate you would list your five favorite reasons for blogging and link that post to my Meme blog. It should attract several new visitors to your very worth space.
Dear Princess,
ReplyDeleteI would like this ! let me know what to do next !
GABI
Gabi
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have found this Treasure! I will return again and again. Thank you for this :>)
Jerry Dreesen
Hi Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI stopped by for a visit and say hello. I am going to an exciting art show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and will blog about it afterwards. I can at least, get photos of the outside of the building.
Hi, Gabi,
ReplyDeleteGlad that you enjoyed my silly signs. I ended up on a last summer's page that was lovely with photos and bees. Take care.
Hi, Gabi,
ReplyDeleteGlad that you enjoyed my silly signs. I ended up on a last summer's page that was lovely with photos and bees. Take care.
Hi Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI stopped to visit and let you know that I have posted some new chrysanthemum photos. I find them mystical. They infuse me with beauty and possibility. Hope you will enjoy them too.
Hi Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI just stopped to say hello and leave wishes from Northern California. Lately we have been having earthquakes and fires etc. One never knows what to expect in life and I guess that is part of why it is so interesting.
Hello Gabi, my name is Armando and I would be very greatful if you could assist me in translating a haiku from English into Japanese. I understand that it will not translate completely but it would be very helpful. Here it is
ReplyDeleteShow your face to them
But make sure to guard your heart
Self worth becomes you
Any help you could offer would be ery much appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.
Dear Armando san,
ReplyDeleteplease tell me a bit more about yourself. What are you doing, what is your interest in Daruma san ?
GABI
HERE For translating poems
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/translatinghaiku/
Learn more about Haiku (yours is a short poem)
Learn the BASICS of Japanese Haiku !
Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI have a bronze lion like statue on my blog and I'm not sure what it is. Could you have a look for me? It is very, very old and I thought it might be a FU dog but it doesn't have a ball.
Gabi-san:
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Alaska where I am sitting on top of the world.
Damn the web! I lost a couple of hours this morning logging on to one art site and, a couple of clicks later finding Tamara de Lempicka's 'auto portrait'...subsequently following her other works through link after link on the net.
Now I was just following Sengai Gibon, looks for more of his sumi-e and find myself here, -& here, your site, is gonna keep me riveted in front of the computer for a couple more hours! :-)
Oh well, in between Lempicka, Sengai and you I did manage to find four and a half hours to brew a batch of beer.
Oh well II: There will always be time to eat later. Sigh.
Gabi-san, good work!
Jim
Hi Gabi,
ReplyDeleteJust stopped for a winter visit. A friend of mine has winter chrysanthemums still blooming. Quite amazing.
You work is lovely! I'm starting up a community project where people can send in anything that makes them happy, and I'd love to get some more poetry submissions. Please check it out if you'd like!
ReplyDeletehttp://joyfulinternets.blogspot.com
Happy New Year
ReplyDeleteI was born in a Rat year. When i was just born, on a wild stormy night along the Baltic, my Mother found a rat curled up next to me in my cradle, this same rat was found on a daily bais, they could not get it to leave. I am very fond of rats. I enjoy Rat people too.
Wild and stormy Baltic
a rat crawls into a cradle
both keep warm
I miss the wild Baltic of my birth. I am coming to see the Baltic lands of my Mother's family.
Finland is on my list, the cousin people of my Hungarian Father.
Angelika Kolompar
http://haikuangelika.blogspot.com
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI stopped for a visit to your haiku garden. Last night a mysterious moon, covered over by hands of one too timid to return it's gaze. They call her Eclipse.
Her face red
ReplyDeletebrother sun's bright colour
this eclipse night
Angelika Kolompar
Hi Gabi,
ReplyDeleteStopped by to leave my greetings.
Take care
Thanks a lot, Princess !
ReplyDeleteAnd come to look at my snowy winter
. Happy Haiku Gallery .
Gabi from the SNOW of Japan !
Snow on the far mountains
ReplyDeletepicking the daffodils
the scent of seaweed
Angelika Kolompar
Thanks for your haiku always, dear Angelika!
ReplyDeleteStill in the snowy mountains ...
GABI
In the garden
ReplyDeletemorning dew
on wrinkled hands
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI found Haiku beautiful and I am beginning to write Haiku in Bahasa Melayu. I read thro your blog and it is an inspiration.
Thank you.
Wonderful all(nature) under one roof.This is spectaculous and hilorious and I just loved it BIG.good work Doctor Gabi san.
ReplyDeleteCaleb.
loving greetings from India.i m late in responding japan...uh just joking...poets like u r not of one region but live under that mighty sky.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent site.
ReplyDeleteVery inspirational for the rest of the rest of us to start a similar site.
Marco Fraticelli
Thanks for visiting, Marco !
ReplyDeleteGABI
dear japanese san.
ReplyDeletethank you for maintaining this page, which reserved for the achala fudomyo sama. in theravada terms of buddhisam, we call this as a moument of victory against the deity maara by bodhisathva siddhartha.if wish to exchange my research about, the achalanatha-the great-bodhisatva, please contact me by writing to> amerashekera,16,anderson rd,kalubowila,dehiwela,western province,sri lanka.< the lord buddha be bless you.03/06/2008.
sunthusitha@dialognet.lk
domo arigato!
ReplyDeleteTorii V.
Gabi,
ReplyDeleteIt's Gregg from the 'other format'.
Wanted to say 'thank-you' for the invitation to the site. Already feels a little 'lighter spirited'...anyway, appears I have much to learn, so I should get at it...
Thanks again,
Gregg
A very helpful site. Many thanks!
ReplyDelete-Ryan
www.beholdmyswarthyface.com
Hi Gabi - What an outstanding effort you have put into your passions - I admire and appreciate it deeply - so much wonderful material. Actually, I have been trying to contact you to ask permission to use some of the material found on one of your many blogs for my upcoming website on the Saigoku Kannon Junrei - could you please contact me? cate.at.southwest.dot.com.dot.au
ReplyDeleteThank you, and thank you!
Hi Cate, I just sent you an email. I hope you get it.
ReplyDeleteGABI
Dear Gabi San,
ReplyDeleteYou are such a great artist and art-lover, haiku devotee, photographer, and culture hero that I think of you as a noble soul. I pray for you today, Kartik Purnima, a holy day for the Hindus and Sikhs.
I visited your blogs and felt elevated. God bless you.
R K Singh
Thank you so much, RK!
ReplyDeleteI do my best in all endeavors, that is all!
GABI
Thank you Gabi.
ReplyDelete*gassho*
Gabi, thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteYour site is a great guide for us.
We are from Buenos Aires, Argentina and we made Daruma.
If you are interested in our work, check at www.yoshiyoshi.com.ar
There, you can find darumas from japan and darumas that we made.
(you can edit this message) Byeee!!
Mimi & Daisuke from Buenos Aires.
Hello Gaby,
ReplyDeleteFantastic site on Mysterious Japan!Congratulations!!!
I personaly, highly appreciate your
Buddhism pages,link with Shugendo,
and so....
I should want to send you few personal message on japanese art,
and specialy on Dragon's topic.
You would be certainly interesting...
Take care.
To read you soon.
Sunrise
Dear Sunrise,
ReplyDeletethanks for your kind comments.
Maybe join me here?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/
send your first message to the group owner yahoo adress.
Gabi
Great list of links. Do you have any pages on other dieties?
ReplyDeleteTry Mark Schumacher, he covers them all
ReplyDeletehttp://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml
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wONDERFUL AND I THANK YOU
ReplyDeleteOn this Summer day
smoke over the dark cedars
fires on the mainland
Angelika Kolompar
Well done on a good job
ReplyDeleteWarm Winter day
ReplyDeletethe snowdrops and crocus
Spring will be soon
Angelika Kolompar
hallo hier ist zeus
ReplyDeleteseit dem 11.3.lese ich über euer leben und eure wunderbare arbeit.
herzliche grüsse aus germany.
werner....
Vielen Dank, lieber Werner!
Gabi