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Monthly Archives: September 2020

Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 266

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

かねの音におどろかされてにしへ行く月の光をながめつるかな

kane no oto ni
odorokasarete
nishi e yuku
tsuki no hikari o
nagametsuru kana
The sound of bells
Startled me as upon
The westward drifting
Moon’s light
I turned my gaze!

Daishin

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Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 265

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

有明の月の光をともにしてまだふみなれぬ山路にぞいる

ariake no
tsuki no hikari o
tomo ni shite
mada fuminarenu
yamaji ni zo iru
At dawn
The moon’s light
Does keep me company
On yet untrodden
Mountain paths upon my way.

Higo

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Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 264

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

いはま行くいさらを川のせはしきにわれてやどれる有明の月

iwama yuku
isaraogawa no
sewashiki ni
warete yadoreru
ariake no tsuki
Rushing through the rocks,
The rivulet runs
So fast that
It splits the resting
Dawntime moon…

Kanemasa

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Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 263

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

なが月の廿日の月ともろ友にねやへもいらであかしつるかな

nagatsuki no
hatsuka no tsuki to
morotomo ni
neya e mo irade
akashitsuru kana
On the Longest Month’s
Twentieth day, not the moon
Nor any other
Has entered in my bedchamber,
Where I greet the dawn!

Tadafusa

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Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 262

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

有明の月のけしきもわびしきにみせばや物をおもふさかりは

ariake no
tsuki no keshiki mo
wabishiki ni
miseba ya mono o
omou sakari wa
At dawn
The moon’s appearance, too,
Is pitiable, indeed;
Should I reveal the profusion
Of my melancholy thoughts?

Toshiyori

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Eikyū hyakushu

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

いくとせを過しきぬらん秋の夜のあり明の月を我が友にして

iku tose o
sugushikinuran
aki no yo no
ariake no tsuki o
wa ga tomo ni shite
How many are the years that
I have seemed to spend this way?
Autumn nights
At dawn with the moon
My only companion…

Nakazane

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The Moon at Dawn 暁月

ことわりやみるほどもなく明けぬめり夜ふかくいづる山のはの月

kotowari ya
miru hodo mo naku
akenumeri
yo fukaku izuru
yama no ha no tsuki
How natural it is – that
Before I have had a chance to see
Dawn seems to arrive:
Emerging deep within the night,
The moon from yonder mountain’s edge…

Akinaka

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Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu: Autumn Nights

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In this video I discuss the emotions conveyed in the Eikyū hyakushu poems on the topic of ‘Autumn Nights’.

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Eikyū hyakushu: The 9th day of the Ninth Month

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In this brief video, I discuss the poems on the topic of ‘The 9th day of the Ninth Month’, when the court held the annual chrysanthemum festival.

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Eikyū hyakushu: The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month

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In this video, I discuss the images used in the poems on the topic of ‘The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month’, the middle of autumn, when the moon was at its brightest.

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Man’yō Botanical Gardens

There are 37 botanical gardens throughout Japan devoted to displaying the plants and poetry of the Man’yōshū, of which 27 are open to the public. In July 2016, I visited ten of these for research purposes, in various parts of Japan’s main island, Honshu, and one of its others, Shikoku. Read More about “Man’yō Botanical Gardens”…

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