The eleventh 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is:
小暑
(しょうしょ)
“shōsho”
‘lesser heat’ // ‘minor heat’ (solar term)
The final “kō” microseason within this division is:
鷹乃学習
(たか すなわち わざ を ならう)
“taka sunawachi waza o narau”
Hawks learn to fly
That makes 鷹乃学習 the thirty-third microseason of the year!
It typically lasts 17~22 July.
鷹
(たか)
“taka”
falcon; hawk
Click here to learn about this subseries
Image credit: “Hawk in Snow” by 小原 古邨 (Ohara Koson) .
