The observance of “Halloween” is one of the biggest fun events especially for children and “Pumpkin” is an autumn Kidai, too.

In Japan, people celebrate the harvest season in the different ways, so that many  Pumpkin-Ku tend to be limited only to cooking and eating.

But we found a different kind of Pumpkin Ku by Issa (1763-1828):

鶺鴒が叩いてみたる南瓜かな　　     一茶
(seki-rei ga tataite mitaru kabocha-kana　　　Issa)

a Wagtail has
tested the tone
of pumpkin　　　    (translations)

Note:  October Kukai on the 18th (Wed).   Submission of Ku by the 15th.