The summer night is like a perfection of thought
When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting
It's hot here at night
Lonely, black and quietOn a hot summer night
For all the dreams and schemesPeople are as they seemOn a hot summer night
These silent summer nights
even the stars
seem to whisper.
—Kobayashi Issa
Forbearing the night
with its growing brilliance:
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The moon still appears,
though far from home:
summer vagrant.
—Matsuo Basho
though far from home:
summer vagrant.
—Matsuo Basho
On a hot summer night
dreams and reality
merge.
—Takahama Kyoshi,
dreams and reality
merge.
—Takahama Kyoshi,
