Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.13 陽成院「筑波嶺の 峰より落つる みなの川 恋ぞ積もりて 淵となりぬる」

筑波嶺の 峰より落つる みなの川 恋ぞ積もりて 淵となりぬる

陽成院

it fell and fell and gathered — now the pool is dark

it fell and fell and gathered — now the pool is dark

キーワードKeywords

WaterfallAccumulationDeep PoolMount TsukubaWeight of Feeling
Love

陽成院Retired Emperor Yōzei — No. 13 帝・皇族Sovereign

Enthroned at nine and forced to abdicate at seventeen, he spent the long remainder of his life as a retired emperor.

つくばねの みねよりおつる みなのがは こひぞつもりて ふちとなりぬる

Tsukubane no Mine yori otsuru Minano gawa Koi zo tsumorite Fuchi to nari nuru

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Water comes off the ridge in a thin continuous fall, hits the rock, and gathers. Over years the gathering has cut a pool deep enough to be dark at noon. He is telling you how long he has felt this, in units of water.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mitate (Nature as Measure)

Emotion is expressed as an accumulation you can see: falling water becoming a deep pool. Instead of intensifying adjectives, show the process that produced the depth.