Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.51 藤原実方朝臣「かくとだに えやはいぶきの さしも草 さしも知らじな 燃ゆる思ひを」

かくとだに えやはいぶきの さしも草 さしも知らじな 燃ゆる思ひを

藤原実方朝臣

moxa on the skin, burning — and you do not know

moxa on the skin, burning — and you do not know

キーワードKeywords

MoxaBurningCannot SayMount IbukiUnspoken Heat
Love

藤原実方朝臣Fujiwara no Sanekata — No. 51 公卿Court Noble

A noble celebrated for his elegance, effectively pushed out of the capital to govern Mutsu, where he died.

かくとだに えやはいぶきの さしもぐさ さしもしらじな もゆるおもひを

Kaku to dani E ya wa Ibuki no Sashimogusa Sashi mo shiraji na Moyuru omoi o

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Moxa from Mount Ibuki — the herb you set alight on the skin to burn out an illness. That is the temperature of what he cannot bring himself to say, and she has no idea it is happening.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Shibumi (Restraint That Leaks)

The poem is about the impossibility of stating its own subject, so it points at a burning herb instead. Withhold the statement and let one concrete object carry the heat.