Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.39 参議等(源等)「浅茅生の 小野の篠原 忍ぶれど あまりてなどか 人の恋しき」

浅茅生の 小野の篠原 忍ぶれど あまりてなどか 人の恋しき

参議等(源等)

I have hidden it well — and still it grows past the edge

I have hidden it well — and still it grows past the edge

キーワードKeywords

Bamboo GrassOverflowConcealment FailsSmall FieldExcess
Love

参議等(源等)Minamoto no Hitoshi — No. 39 公卿Court Noble

A state councillor and great-grandson of Emperor Saga, who left poems of concealed love.

あさぢふの をののしのはら しのぶれど あまりてなどか ひとのこひしき

Asajiu no Ono no shinohara Shinoburedo Amarite nado ka Hito no koishiki

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A small plain of low bamboo grass, growing thicker than it should, spilling past its edges. He has been keeping this quiet with real discipline, and it is still overflowing — same as the field.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kakekotoba (Pivot Word)

The plant’s name contains the verb for hiding, so the landscape performs the suppression. Let your setting do the emotional labor and the confession can stay quiet.