Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.100 順徳院「百敷や 古き軒端の しのぶにも なほあまりある 昔なりけり」

百敷や 古き軒端の しのぶにも なほあまりある 昔なりけり

順徳院

ferns on the old eaves — not enough room for the past

ferns on the old eaves — not enough room for the past

キーワードKeywords

Old PalaceFern on the EavesOverflowing PastDeclineMemory
★★ Miscellaneous

順徳院Retired Emperor Juntoku — No. 100 帝・皇族Sovereign

A son of Go-Toba, exiled to Sado for his part in the Jōkyū war, where he spent more than twenty years.

ももしきや ふるきのきばの しのぶにも なほあまりある むかしなりけり

Momoshiki ya Furuki nokiba no Shinobu ni mo Nao amari aru Mukashi nari keri

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

The old palace, ferns growing along eaves that nobody repairs now. He tries to fit the past into that small green thing on the roofline, and there is far too much of it. The hundred-poem anthology ends here.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Nagori (Traces That Linger)

A single plant on a ruined roof is asked to hold an entire vanished court, and visibly cannot. Choosing a container too small for the memory is how you show the size of the loss.