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	* ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' \| ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]''		* ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' \| ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' \| ''[[Wakan rōeishū]]''
	* ''[[Korai fūteishō]]''		* ''[[Korai fūteishō]]''

Fujiwaranoteika at 14:41, 1 June 2026

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	This poem is a single sentence that is essentially an object-subject-verb construction. The first three lines modify the "ice" which then the "wind" will "melt".		This poem is a single sentence that is essentially an object-subject-verb construction. The first three lines modify the "ice" which then the "wind" will "melt".

	;Scoop, spring, start, ~~spring~~		;Scoop, spring, start, melt
	:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as ''engo'' with "sleeves." ''musubu'': "weave" and "scoop", ''haru'': "stretch [cloth]" and "spring", ''tatsu'': "cut [cloth]" and "start [of a season]", and ''toku'' "separate" and "melt".		:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as ''engo'' with "sleeves." ''musubu'': "weave" and "scoop", ''haru'': "stretch [cloth]" and "spring", ''tatsu'': "cut [cloth]" and "start [of a season]", and ''toku'' "separate" and "melt".

			;Will the blowing wind melt it
			:The idea of spring wind melting the ice of winter seems to derive from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Rites\|''Classic of Rites'']] (礼記). In the 月令 chapter, which discusses the various seasons, it says that in the first month, "The east wind melts the ice" (東風解凍). This idea was also found in a number of Chinese poems that built off the concept.

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	* Kamo no Mabuchi praised the poem as having a strong tone and lingering feeling (yojō), as well as an old poetic style.		* Kamo no Mabuchi praised the poem as having a strong tone and lingering feeling (yojō), as well as an old poetic style.

	~~The idea~~ of ~~spring wind melting ice may derive from~~ the ~~[https://en~~.~~wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Rites\|''Classic of Rites'']]~~ (礼記)~~. In~~ the ~~月令 chapter, which discusses~~ the ~~various seasons, it says~~ that ~~in the first month~~, ~~"The east wind melts~~ the ~~ice" (東風解凍)~~. This may ~~seem like~~ a ~~tenuous link although it appears in scholarship from the 12th century up~~ to the ~~present. In~~ the ~~''Wakan roeishu'', the 立春 section includes three Japanese poems, including this one, as well as some lines of~~ Chinese ~~verse. One of~~ the ~~lines is 池凍東頭風度解 "The east~~ wind ~~passes across~~ the ~~frozen lake and melts it"~~, ~~showing~~ that ~~poets soon after Tsurayuki recognized the reference.~~		This poem contains the first actual spring imagery of the collection, although we are still in the remnants of winter. Kubota(1937) points out that the reference to spring is in fact to the spring that is not quite here yet, despite the calendar. This may suggest a connection to the first poem -- even though the canonical Chinese texts claim the spring wind will melt the ice, that's not actually going to happen on this cold day despite it technically being the start of spring. Miura(1943) agrees, saying that the focus on the water connects to the life of spring, and he imagines the poet sitting inside thinking of the Chinese texts, wondering when that will be reflected in life.

	~~Part of the skill of~~ this ~~poem comes in~~ the ~~use~~ of ~~three seasons in sequence --~~ the ~~summer when~~ the water ~~was scooped, the winter when it froze~~ to ~~ice, and the spring wind at the end. A few Edo-period commentaries disputed this idea and claimed the water was being scooped on~~ the ~~first~~ of spring~~. Some earlier commentaries had also tried to work autumn into the poem as well~~, ~~but this is a minority position. One commentary ({{Denju\|''Gyokudenshu waka saicho''}}) even tried to also label ''sode'' as "miscellaneous"~~ and ~~''tokuramu'' as "love", thus working~~ the ~~six major divisions~~ of ~~poetry into~~ the ~~single poem. This shows the stature~~ that ~~this poem achieved~~ in ~~the late Heian period~~.

	~~{{Modern\|Kubota}} points out that~~ the ~~reference to spring is~~ in ~~fact to~~ the ~~spring that is not quite here yet, despite the calendar. This echoes {{Modern\|Kaneko}}, and this may suggest a connection to the first poem~~ -- ~~even though~~ the ~~canonical Chinese texts claim~~ the ~~spring wind will melt~~ the ice, ~~that's not actually going to happen on this cold day despite it technically being~~ the ~~start of~~ spring. ~~{{Modern\|Miura}} agrees, saying that~~ the ~~focus on the water connects to~~ the ~~life of spring,~~ and ~~he imagines the poet sitting inside thinking~~ of the ~~Chinese texts~~, ~~wondering when that will be reflected in life~~.		Part of the skill of this poem comes in the use of three seasons in sequence -- the summer when the water was scooped, the winter when it froze to ice, and the spring wind at the end. Some earlier commentaries had also tried to work autumn into the poem (or even the love and miscellaneous volumes of the KKS), but this is a minority position.

	What is this "water"? Kubota sees this poem as evoking the summer gatherings in mountain areas, where the Heian elite would go to escape the severe heat of the summer. Katagiri offers a different reading -- the bustle of a mountain well in the summer with travelers fighting to get some (and thus wetting their sleeves). This contrasts with the stillness and isolation of winter. This is similar to Takeoka's effusive praise of the poem -- he notes the "movement" of the water, then the freezing ice, then the movement once again of the wind. According to Takeoka, the を particle at the end of the ~~first lines~~ reflects the freezing in the way it stops the flow of the sentence as well.		What is this "water" the poet scooped? Kubota sees this poem as evoking the summer gatherings in mountain areas, where the Heian elite would go to escape the severe heat of the summer. Katagiri(1998) offers a different reading -- the bustle of a mountain well in the summer with travelers fighting to get some (and thus wetting their sleeves). This contrasts with the stillness and isolation of winter. This is similar to Takeoka's(1976) effusive praise of the poem -- he notes the "movement" of the water, then the freezing ice, then the movement once again of the wind. According to Takeoka, the ''wo'' particle at the end of the third line reflects the freezing in the way it stops the flow of the sentence as well.

	Accompanying all of this is the dense use of ''engo'' connected to 袖, which overlays a technical skill on what is already an evocative poem. McCullough says that these "enrich the texture of what is already an exemplary court-style waka" (410-411). She also says that this poem was "placed precisely where it showed to best advantage, between the shallow wit of [poem 1] and the simple, songlike, anonymous [poem 3]" (426-7).		Accompanying all of this is the dense use of ''engo'' connected to "sleeves", which overlays a technical skill on what is already an evocative poem. McCullough says that these "enrich the texture of what is already an exemplary court-style waka" (410-411). She also says that this poem was "placed precisely where it showed to best advantage, between the shallow wit of [poem 1] and the simple, songlike, anonymous [poem 3]" (426-7).

	[[KKS 1\|Previous poem]] \| [[KKS 3\|Next poem]]		[[KKS 1\|Previous poem]] \| [[KKS 3\|Next poem]]

Fujiwaranoteika at 14:16, 1 June 2026

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 * ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' | ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]''
-* ''[[Korai futeishō]]''
+* ''[[Korai fūteishō]]''
 = Analysis =
 [[KKS 1|Previous poem]] | [[KKS 3|Next poem]]

Fujiwaranoteika at 14:06, 1 June 2026

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	<poem>		<poem>
			The water that
			I once scooped, drenching my sleeves,
			Has frozen to ice
			Will the blowing wind melt it
			On this day, the start of spring?
	</poem>		</poem>
	}}		}}
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	= Notes =		= Notes =

	;~~むすびし、はる、たつ、とく~~		This poem is a single sentence that is essentially an object-subject-verb construction. The first three lines modify the "ice" which then the "wind" will "melt".
	:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with 袖. ~~むすぶ -~~ "weave", ~~はる -~~ "stretch [cloth]", たつ "cut [cloth]", とく "separate."
			;Scoop, spring, start, spring
			:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as ''engo'' with "sleeves." ''musubu'': "weave" and "scoop", ''haru'': "stretch [cloth]" and "spring", ''tatsu'': "cut [cloth]" and "start [of a season]", and ''toku'' "separate" and "melt".

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Fujiwaranoteika at 14:00, 1 June 2026

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	袖ひちてむすびし水の<ruby>氷<rt>こほ</rt></ruby>れるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん		袖ひちてむすびし水の<ruby>氷<rt>こほ</rt></ruby>れるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん

	~~sode~~ hichi-te		{{PoemPair
	musubi-shi mizu no		\|orig=
	koore-ru wo		<poem>
	haru tatsu kyō no		sode hichi-te
	kaze ya toku-ran		musubi-shi mizu no
			koore-ru wo
			haru tatsu kyō no
			kaze ya toku-ran
			</poem>

			\|trans=
			<poem>

			</poem>
			}}

	= Notes =		= Notes =

Fujiwaranoteika at 13:58, 1 June 2026

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			[[KKS 1\|Previous poem]] \| [[KKS 3\|Next poem]]

	[[Category:Spring]]		[[Category:Spring]]

Fujiwaranoteika: Created page with "= Text = 春たちける日よめる Read on the first day of spring 紀貫之 Ki no Tsurayuki 袖ひちてむすびし水の氷こほれるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん　sode hichi-te musubi-shi mizu no koore-ru wo haru tatsu kyō no kaze ya toku-ran = Notes = ;むすびし、はる、たつ、とく :All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with..."

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Created page with "= Text = 春たちける日よめる Read on the first day of spring 紀貫之 Ki no Tsurayuki 袖ひちてむすびし水の<ruby>氷<rt>こほ</rt></ruby>れるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん　sode hichi-te musubi-shi mizu no koore-ru wo haru tatsu kyō no kaze ya toku-ran = Notes = ;むすびし、はる、たつ、とく :All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with..."

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= Text =

春たちける日よめる

Read on the first day of spring

紀貫之

[[Ki no Tsurayuki]]

袖ひちてむすびし水の<ruby>氷<rt>こほ</rt></ruby>れるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん

　sode hichi-te
musubi-shi mizu no
koore-ru wo
haru tatsu kyō no
kaze ya toku-ran

= Notes =

;むすびし、はる、たつ、とく
:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with 袖. むすぶ - "weave", はる - "stretch [cloth]", たつ "cut [cloth]", とく "separate."

Other sources:

* ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' | ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]''
* ''[[Korai futeishō]]''

= Analysis =

[[Category:Spring]]
[[Category:Start of Spring]]
[[Category:Ice]]
[[Category:Water]]
[[Category:Wind]]