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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Eikyū hyakushu

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The Seventh Night 七夜

つるの子のちとせをふべきはじめとは七日よりこそ祝ひ初めけれ

tsuru no ko no
chitose o fubeki
hajime to wa
nanuka yori koso
iwaisomekere
A crane chick
Shall through a thousand years pass;
The beginning is
From this seventh day, for sure, as
We begin our celebration!

Daishin

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Eikyū hyakushu

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The Seventh Night 七夜

ちとせふる祝の松のつるの子はけふすをたちて七夜なりけり

chitose furu
iwai no matsu no
tsuru no ko wa
kyō su o tachite
nanayo narikeri
Ageing for a thousand years,
A celebratory pine is where
A crane chick has
Today made her nest and
Reached her seventh night.

Higo

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The Seventh Night 七夜

おしてるや鵜のはぶきける昔もやこよひはちよと祝ひそめけん

oshiteru ya
u no habukikeru
mukashi mo ya
koyoi wa chiyo to
iwaisomeken
Bright shining,
Did the cormorants beat their wings
In times long gone, too?
Tonight, for a thousand generations
Shall we begin to celebrate!

Kanemasa

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Eikyū hyakushu

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The Seventh Night 七夜

たけならぬ二葉の松のおひ初めてこよひ七夜になりにけるかな

take naranu
futaba no matsu no
oisomete
koyoi nanayo ni
narinikeru kana
A tiny
New-leafed pine
Begins to age
From this seventh night that
It has reached!

Tadafusa

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The Seventh Night 七夜

君が代はながひこのかゆ七かへりいはふ心にあへざらめやは

kimi ga yo wa
nagahiko no kayu
nana kaeri
iwau kokoro ni
aezarame ya wa
My Lord, your reign, with
Rice-shoot porridge
Seven times
Hearts in celebration
Will encounter, will it not?

Toshiyori

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Eikyū hyakushu

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The Seventh Night 七夜

君まして今夜七よになりぬればこれよりちよをかぞふべきかな

kimi mashite
koyoi nanayo ni
narinureba
kore yori chiyo o
kazoubeki kana
Truly, have you
This night your seventh night
Reached, so
Henceforth a thousand generations
Must I count for you!

Nakazane

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The Seventh Night 七夜

しらいとをむすべることぞこよひまでいく万代のかずつもるらん

shira’ito o
musberu koto zo
koyoi made
iku yorozuyo no
kazu tsumoruran
With threads of white
Have you been bound
Up to this night, that
Uncounted myriads of ages
May mount up for you henceforth

Akinaka

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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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