Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.47 恵慶法師「八重葎 茂れる宿の 寂しきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり」

八重葎 茂れる宿の 寂しきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり

恵慶法師

nobody comes here — autumn still came

nobody comes here — autumn still came

キーワードKeywords

Overgrown HouseWeedsNo VisitorsAutumn ArrivesRuin
Nature/Seasons Autumn

恵慶法師Egyō Hōshi — No. 47 僧・法師Monk

A monk who served as lecturer in Harima province, remembered for finding autumn in an abandoned house.

やへむぐら しげれるやどの さびしきに ひとこそみえね あきはきにけり

Yaemugura Shigereru yado no Sabishiki ni Hito koso miene Aki wa ki ni keri

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

An abandoned house buried in creeping weeds. No one visits; no one has for a long time. Autumn, however, has arrived on schedule and gone through every room.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Wabi (Beauty of the Neglected)

Decay is not corrected, it is attended to by the season. Let time and weather be the visitors in a neglected space and the emptiness becomes inhabited.