Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.25 三条右大臣(藤原定方)「名にし負はば 逢坂山の さねかづら 人に知られで くるよしもがな」

名にし負はば 逢坂山の さねかづら 人に知られで くるよしもがな

三条右大臣(藤原定方)

if the name is true — give me a vine to pull you by

if the name is true — give me a vine to pull you by

キーワードKeywords

VineSecret VisitLiving Up to a NamePulling CloserConcealment
Love

三条右大臣(藤原定方)Fujiwara no Sadakata — No. 25 公卿Court Noble

A noble who rose to Minister of the Right, skilled in the craft of the exchanged love poem.

なにしおはば あふさかやまの さねかづら ひとにしられで くるよしもがな

Na ni shi owaba Ōsakayama no Sanekazura Hito ni shirarede Kuru yoshi mo gana

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A vine on the pass, long enough to be reeled in hand over hand. If the mountain’s name really means “the slope of meeting,” he wants a method like that vine: something he can draw quietly toward himself with nobody noticing.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kakekotoba (Layered Word)

Place-name and plant-name both carry a second meaning, so the request is never stated outright. Encoding intent in objects lets a line stay deniable — and more charged for it.