Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.48 源重之「風をいたみ 岩打つ波の おのれのみ 砕けてものを 思ふころかな」

風をいたみ 岩打つ波の おのれのみ 砕けてものを 思ふころかな

源重之

the rock is unchanged — I am the part that breaks

the rock is unchanged — I am the part that breaks

キーワードKeywords

Wave on RockSelf-ShatteringUnmoved ObjectWind DrivenOne-Sided
Love

源重之Minamoto no Shigeyuki — No. 48 官人Official

An official who travelled the provinces in the retinue of governors, at his strongest on the coast.

かぜをいたみ いはうつなみの おのれのみ くだけてものを おもふころかな

Kaze o itami Iwa utsu nami no Onore nomi Kudakete mono o Omou koro kana

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Wind drives water hard against a rock. The rock is exactly as it was. The water is white, gone, reassembling to try again. He is the water in this arrangement, and he knows it.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mitate (Physics as Feeling)

A one-sided attachment is drawn as an impact where only one body deforms. Choose the mechanical image that makes the asymmetry visible and you will not need the word “unrequited.”