Composed as an Autumn poem, when he presented a hundred-poem sequence.
夕されば野べの秋風身にしみて鶉なくなりふかぐさの里
| yuFu sareba nobe no aki kaze mi ni simite udura naku nari Fukakusa no sato | When the evening comes The Autumn wind across the fields Pierces my breast, and I hear the quails crying In this Fukakusa home. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
Hi Professor McAuley,
I recently discovered your magnificent website on Waka Poetry in English and am greatly impressed (“impressed” isn’t fully covering the amount of my being in awe.). I’m fully enjoying my new discovery.
In reading “An Anthology of Classical Japanese Poetry” today, I happened upon a possible typo in this particular poem. Might “akikaze (秋風)” be autumn wind instead of “autumn wing”?
Again, thank you for your contribution to unearthing classical Japanese poetry and sharing it with the world! Can’t wait to explore more in the rest of the book.
Many thanks for spotting the typo. I have corrected it.