Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.69 能因法師「嵐吹く 三室の山の もみぢ葉は 竜田の川の 錦なりけり」

嵐吹く 三室の山の もみぢ葉は 竜田の川の 錦なりけり

能因法師

the storm stripped the hill — the river came out as brocade

the storm stripped the hill — the river came out as brocade

キーワードKeywords

Storm WindRed LeavesRiver BrocadeTransferTatsuta
Nature/Seasons Autumn

能因法師Nōin Hōshi — No. 69 僧・法師Monk

A wandering monk-poet, said to have deliberately tanned his skin so his travel poems would ring true.

あらしふく みむろのやまの もみぢばは たつたのかはの にしきなりけり

Arashi fuku Mimuro no yama no Momijiba wa Tatsuta no kawa no Nishiki nari keri

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Wind strips a hillside of its red leaves, and downstream the river is suddenly covered in woven color. Same material, different location, upgraded status: raw leaves at the top, brocade at the bottom.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mitate (Nature as Craft)

A weather event is described as a production line ending in a finished textile. Tracking where your raw material goes — and what it becomes — is itself a compositional idea.