Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.70 良暹法師「寂しさに 宿を立ち出でて 眺むれば いづくも同じ 秋の夕暮」

寂しさに 宿を立ち出でて 眺むれば いづくも同じ 秋の夕暮

良暹法師

I went outside for relief — the same dusk, everywhere

I went outside for relief — the same dusk, everywhere

キーワードKeywords

LonelinessStepping OutsideSame EverywhereAutumn DuskNo Escape
Nature/Seasons Autumn

良暹法師Ryōzen Hōshi — No. 70 僧・法師Monk

A monk of Mount Hiei who later withdrew to Ōhara and wrote the loneliness of autumn dusk.

さびしさに やどをたちいでて ながむれば いづくもおなじ あきのゆふぐれ

Sabishisa ni Yado o tachi idete Nagamureba Izuku mo onaji Aki no yūgure

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

He goes outside because sitting inside was unbearable. Outside: the same grey-gold autumn dusk in every direction, all the way to the hills. Nothing is better out here. He notes it and stays.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Sabi (Loneliness With Composure)

The poem tests an escape, finds it does not work, and reports the result without protest. That flatness is the aesthetic: accurate observation as a way of surviving the feeling.