Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.8 喜撰法師「わが庵は 都のたつみ しかぞ住む 世をうぢ山と 人はいふなり」

わが庵は 都のたつみ しかぞ住む 世をうぢ山と 人はいふなり

喜撰法師

they say I fled the world — I only liked the hill

they say I fled the world — I only liked the hill

キーワードKeywords

HermitageSoutheast of the CapitalRumorWithdrawalWordplay
★★ Miscellaneous

喜撰法師Kisen Hōshi — No. 8 僧・法師Monk

One of the six poetic geniuses, said to have lived as a recluse on Mount Uji; almost nothing else is recorded.

わがいほは みやこのたつみ しかぞすむ よをうぢやまと ひとはいふなり

Waga io wa Miyako no tatsumi Shika zo sumu Yo o Ujiyama to Hito wa iu nari

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A small hut southeast of the city, a man living quietly because he likes it that way. Word has come back to him that people in town describe him as a recluse who fled a world of sorrow. He is amused. He is just living here.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kakekotoba (Layered Word)

One place-name doubles as the word for weariness, so the rumor is built into the language itself. Titles work like this: name a piece ambiguously and listeners will supply a story you never claimed.