mea pena kiʻi
Huli ma ke ʻano

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Yoko Tamanoi

Hānau ʻia ma Iida, kahi o ka ʻoihana terrestrial mizuhiki betrothal huahana a me nā kinpei ka mea nui.
Mai kona wā liʻiliʻi mai, ua nui ʻo ia i ka nānā ʻana i kona makuahine i hala ma ke ʻano he mizuhiki.Pīhoihoi au i ka nani o nā pihi.
I kona ʻike ʻana i ka Turtle Crane, ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Mizuhiki he ʻuʻuku, kahiko, a kahiko, no laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana i nā hana mai nā pua, nā mea hoʻonani, a me nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā hana akamai a me nā kiʻi.
I koʻu hauʻoli ʻana i ka hōʻikeʻike, ua hoʻāla ʻia au e kekahi e ʻuā mai iaʻu he ʻano kapu ka mizuhiki, ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e hoʻohana ia mea he mea pāʻani.
He manawa kūpono kēia noʻu e hoʻonui i ka hoihoi i ka moʻolelo o ka mizuhiki a me ka moʻomeheu o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
ʻAʻole pau nā mea hiki, ua like ia me ke ao holoʻokoʻa, he hana hoihoi maoli nō ka lolo, a ke mahalo nei au he mea pono ia no ke olakino noʻonoʻo, a manaʻo wau he mea pono ke hoʻolilo i ke ola.
I loko o kahi hui kahi e emi ana ka nui o ka hānau ʻana a ke ʻelemakule nei ka heluna kanaka a paʻakikī ka poʻe e ola, ke paʻakikī nei mākou e ʻimi i kahi no lākou e hoʻomaha iki ai.
[Moʻolelo hana]
1944 Hānau ʻia ma Iida City, Nagano Prefecture
1968 Ua hoʻomaka nā hana hoʻomohala ʻo Mizuhiki
   ・ Papa Mizuhiki, hōʻikeʻike
    Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo NHN Cultural Center, hale hōʻikeʻike hana, ke kikowaena kaiāulu, etc.
   ・ Hōʻikeʻike huahana hale kūʻai
    Takashimaya, Mitsukoshi, Matsuzakaya, etc.
2001 Nā haʻiʻōlelo, nā papa hana, nā hui lapaʻau, nā hui, nā hui, nā kula, etc.

Publications: Mizuhiki Fantastic Art, Introduction to Mizuhiki Connection, Good Luck Mizuhiki
[Ke ʻano]
Mizuhiki Yudo
Nīnau (no nā noi ʻike hanana)
[Memo i nā kamaʻāina ʻo Itabashi]
ʻO nā knots ka ʻōlelo maʻamau o ka honua
He leka e hoʻouna aku ai i kāu poʻe aloha
No ke aha e hoʻāʻo ʻole ai e nakinaki me ka mizuhiki!