Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.37 文屋朝康「白露に 風の吹きしく 秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ 玉ぞ散りける」

白露に 風の吹きしく 秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ 玉ぞ散りける

文屋朝康

jewels with no thread through them — the wind spills the field

jewels with no thread through them — the wind spills the field

キーワードKeywords

Dew BeadsScattered JewelsUnstrungAutumn FieldWind Gust
Nature/Seasons Autumn

文屋朝康Funya no Asayasu — No. 37 官人Official

Son of Yasuhide, and like his father a poet of technically turned landscape.

しらつゆに かぜのふきしく あきののは つらぬきとめぬ たまぞちりける

Shiratsuyu ni Kaze no fukishiku Aki no no wa Tsuranuki tomenu Tama zo chiri keru

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Wind crosses a field of dew and the drops break loose all at once — hundreds of small clear beads going in every direction, like a necklace that was never strung.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mitate (Nature as Treasure)

Naming dew as unstrung jewels assigns worth to something disposable, and the missing thread supplies the drama. Value in a piece often comes from the connective tissue you refuse to add.