Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.87 寂蓮法師「村雨の 露もまだひぬ 槙の葉に 霧立ちのぼる 秋の夕暮」

村雨の 露もまだひぬ 槙の葉に 霧立ちのぼる 秋の夕暮

寂蓮法師

the rain has not dried and already it is rising as mist

the rain has not dried and already it is rising as mist

キーワードKeywords

Passing ShowerWet NeedlesRising MistAutumn DuskLayered Weather
Nature/Seasons Autumn

寂蓮法師Jakuren Hōshi — No. 87 僧・法師Monk

A nephew of Shunzei and one of the appointed compilers of the Shin Kokinshū, a master of landscape.

むらさめの つゆもまだひぬ まきのはに きりたちのぼる あきのゆふぐれ

Murasame no Tsuyu mo mada hinu Maki no ha ni Kiri tachi noboru Aki no yūgure

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A shower has just gone through. The needles are still beaded with it, and already mist is climbing off them into the failing light. No one is in the frame; the water is doing everything.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Yūgen (Graceful Mystery)

Three states of water in five lines, no human present, and the mood is complete. Atmosphere alone can carry a piece if the transitions are observed precisely enough.