Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.99 後鳥羽院「人もをし 人も恨めし あぢきなく 世を思ふゆゑに 物思ふ身は」

人もをし 人も恨めし あぢきなく 世を思ふゆゑに 物思ふ身は

後鳥羽院

I love them and I resent them — the world made me both

I love them and I resent them — the world made me both

キーワードKeywords

Love and ResentmentRulingBitternessBoth at OnceExile
★★ Miscellaneous

後鳥羽院Retired Emperor Go-Toba — No. 99 帝・皇族Sovereign

The emperor who drove the compilation of the Shin Kokinshū; defeated in the Jōkyū war, he was exiled to Oki and died there.

ひともをし ひともうらめし あぢきなく よをおもふゆゑに ものおもふみは

Hito mo oshi Hito mo urameshi Ajikinaku Yo o omou yue ni Mono omou mi wa

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A ruler who has lost the argument with his era. People are dear to him and people are hateful to him, at the same time, and he does not try to resolve it — the world is what he blames.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mujō (Impermanence Accepted)

Contradiction is left standing instead of resolved, which is more truthful than a tidy conclusion. Let two incompatible feelings share a line and the audience recognizes their own.