Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.77 崇徳院「瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の 割れても末に 逢はむとぞ思ふ」

瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の 割れても末に 逢はむとぞ思ふ

崇徳院

the rock splits the river — further down, one water again

the rock splits the river — further down, one water again

キーワードKeywords

Split CurrentRapidsReunion DownstreamObstructionVow
Love

崇徳院Retired Emperor Sutoku — No. 77 帝・皇族Sovereign

An emperor defeated in the Hōgen conflict and exiled to Sanuki, where he died — and was long feared as a vengeful spirit.

せをはやみ いはにせかるる たきがはの われてもすゑに あはむとぞおもふ

Se o hayami Iwa ni sekaruru Takigawa no Warete mo sue ni Awan to zo omou

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

White water, close on the rock that splits it. Two streams tear apart at speed, loud, violent — and then the camera lifts and follows them both downhill until, a long way below, they are one river again. The rock never had a say in the outcome.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Honkadori (Building on an Origin Song)

Classical waka answered earlier poems, deepening a shared image rather than inventing from zero — the original remix culture. Sampling a known figure and pushing it one step further is not derivative; it is how a tradition accumulates meaning.