Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.1 天智天皇「秋の田の かりほの庵の 苫をあらみ わが衣手は 露にぬれつつ」

秋の田の かりほの庵の 苫をあらみ わが衣手は 露にぬれつつ

天智天皇

the roof was woven loosely — that is how the night got in

the roof was woven loosely — that is how the night got in

キーワードKeywords

Night WatchDewRough ThatchSolitudeHarvest
Nature/Seasons Autumn

天智天皇Emperor Tenji — No. 1 帝・皇族Sovereign

The seventh-century sovereign who drove the Taika reforms as Prince Naka-no-Ōe and moved the capital to Ōtsu.

あきのたの かりほのいほの とまをあらみ わがころもでは つゆにぬれつつ

Aki no ta no Kariho no io no Toma o arami Waga koromode wa Tsuyu ni nuretsutsu

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A single lamp-less hut in a rice field, past midnight. The thatch is woven too loosely, and through every gap the autumn dew comes down, one cold bead at a time, onto the sleeve of the one keeping watch. No one is coming. The field breathes. The sleeve slowly darkens.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Wabi (Beauty of the Imperfect)

The song does not repair the gap; it listens through it. In music, this is the take you keep because the room leaked into it — the breath, the chair, the rain on the window. Leave a loose weave in your work and the world will come and finish it for you.