Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.94 参議雅経(飛鳥井雅経)「みよし野の 山の秋風 小夜更けて ふるさと寒く 衣うつなり」

みよし野の 山の秋風 小夜更けて ふるさと寒く 衣うつなり

参議雅経(飛鳥井雅経)

cold came to the village — you can hear them beating cloth

cold came to the village — you can hear them beating cloth

キーワードKeywords

Yoshino WindFulling ClothNight LaborOld VillageRhythmic Sound
Nature/Seasons Autumn

参議雅経(飛鳥井雅経)Asukai Masatsune — No. 94 公卿Court Noble

One of the compilers of the Shin Kokinshū, and the noble regarded as founder of the Asukai house of kickball.

みよしのの やまのあきかぜ さよふけて ふるさとさむく ころもうつなり

Miyoshino no Yama no akikaze Sayo fukete Furusato samuku Koromo utsu nari

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Autumn wind off the Yoshino hills, deep in the night, and from the village below the steady knock of cloth being beaten soft for winter — someone still working, because it has turned cold.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Nagori (Traces That Linger)

The season is announced by a human sound rather than a visual, and the sound implies a whole household. Ambient labour is one of the fastest routes to a sense of place.