Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.71 大納言経信(源経信)「夕されば 門田の稲葉 おとづれて 蘆のまろやに 秋風ぞ吹く」

夕されば 門田の稲葉 おとづれて 蘆のまろやに 秋風ぞ吹く

大納言経信(源経信)

it crossed the rice field first — now the wind is indoors

it crossed the rice field first — now the wind is indoors

キーワードKeywords

EveningRice LeavesSound of ArrivalReed HutAutumn Wind
Nature/Seasons Autumn

大納言経信(源経信)Minamoto no Tsunenobu — No. 71 公卿Court Noble

A councillor accomplished in poetry, music and calligraphy alike, praised as “a talent for all three boats.”

ゆふされば かどたのいなば おとづれて あしのまろやに あきかぜぞふく

Yū sareba Kadota no inaba Otozurete Ashi no maroya ni Akikaze zo fuku

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Evening. First the rice leaves in front of the gate start rustling — you hear it approach across the field — and then the autumn wind arrives inside the reed hut itself, like a visitor who announced himself on the path.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Ma (Rhythm of Arrival)

The poem gives a sound its approach time before it lands. Let an element be audible before it is present and the space around it becomes real.