KKS 42 - Revision history

Fujiwaranoteika at 16:47, 15 June 2026

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	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

	This poem continues the group of poems on the scent of plums. The seasonal volumes of the KKS contain very few of these "poem tale"-like prefaces that involve narratives.		This poem continues the group of poems on the scent of plums. The seasonal volumes of the KKS contain very few of these "poem tale"-like prefaces that involve narratives. In the ''Tsurayuki collection,'' the person in the house gives a response: "Even the flowers bloom with the same heart, and I would have you know the heart of the one who planted them."

			The accusatory and even insulting tone of the poem may seem odd, but this sort of exchange is found throughout poetic collections and poem tale collections. The tone of the poem is not necessarily taken literally by the recipient, who understands the sending of any poem at all as a kind gesture. If the person in the house is a woman, then this follows the pattern of a typical love exchange where Tsurayuki suggests that the woman has been seeing other men. If the person in the house is a friend, Tsurayuki is responding to the host's accusatory question by turning the response back on the person.

			Many commentators, from the earliest to the latest commentaries, take the poem as also expressing a general philosophical statement that the hearts of humans are changeable. If the overall tone of the poem is jocular, it may add to the sarcastic feel to allude to such a high-flown concept.

	Several medieval commentaries give a legend connected with this poem. As one example, the ''Bishamondō kokinshūchū'' relates that Tsurayuki's father Funmoto lamented that he had no sons. On one visit to Hasedera, he saw in a dream Kannon telling him "I have given you a sutra," and later thought that Tsurayuki's birth was that "sutra". Therefore Tsurayuki would visit Hasedera every month in thanks. In this legend, the "house" is the residence of a priest on the grounds of the temple itself.		Several medieval commentaries give a legend connected with this poem. As one example, the ''Bishamondō kokinshūchū'' relates that Tsurayuki's father Funmoto lamented that he had no sons. On one visit to Hasedera, he saw in a dream Kannon telling him "I have given you a sutra," and later thought that Tsurayuki's birth was that "sutra". Therefore Tsurayuki would visit Hasedera every month in thanks. In this legend, the "house" is the residence of a priest on the grounds of the temple itself.

Fujiwaranoteika at 15:49, 15 June 2026

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	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

			This poem continues the group of poems on the scent of plums. The seasonal volumes of the KKS contain very few of these "poem tale"-like prefaces that involve narratives.

			Several medieval commentaries give a legend connected with this poem. As one example, the ''Bishamondō kokinshūchū'' relates that Tsurayuki's father Funmoto lamented that he had no sons. On one visit to Hasedera, he saw in a dream Kannon telling him "I have given you a sutra," and later thought that Tsurayuki's birth was that "sutra". Therefore Tsurayuki would visit Hasedera every month in thanks. In this legend, the "house" is the residence of a priest on the grounds of the temple itself.

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Fujiwaranoteika at 15:34, 15 June 2026

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	<ruby>初瀬<rt>はつせ</rt></ruby>にまうづる<ruby>毎<rt>ごと</rt></ruby>に宿りける人の家に久しく宿らで、程経て、後に至れりければ、かの家の<ruby>主<rt>あるじ</rt></ruby>、「かく<ruby>定<rt>さだ</rt></ruby>かになん宿りはある」と言ひ出して侍りければ、そこに立てりける梅の花を折てよめる		<ruby>初瀬<rt>はつせ</rt></ruby>にまうづる<ruby>毎<rt>ごと</rt></ruby>に宿りける人の家に久しく宿らで、程経て、後に至れりければ、かの家の<ruby>主<rt>あるじ</rt></ruby>、「かく<ruby>定<rt>さだ</rt></ruby>かになん宿りはある」と言ひ出して侍りければ、そこに立てりける梅の花を折てよめる

	When he made visits to ~~Hasudera~~, he stayed in a certain person's house, and he had not visited for a long time. After some time had passed he went there again, and the owner of the house said "This lodging has not changed," and [Tsurayuki] broke off a plum flower from a tree standing there, and read this		When he made visits to Hatsuse, he stayed in a certain person's house, and he had not visited for a long time. After some time had passed he went there again, and the owner of the house said "This lodging has not changed," and [Tsurayuki] broke off a plum flower from a tree standing there, and read this

	貫之		貫之
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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

			;Hatsuse
			:This is the temple of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hase-dera Hasedera (長谷寺) in Nara], which was a common pilgrimage destination of the Heian upper class.

			;certain person
			:This may be a woman who Tsurayuki has had a relationship with, or it could be a male friend.

			;"This lodging has not changed"
			:The meaning of this seems to be "Why haven't you stayed here recently?"

	Other sources:		Other sources:

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Notes

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	* ''[[Shūka daitai]'' \| ''[[Hyakunin isshu'']]		* ''[[Shūka daitai]]'' \| ''[[Hyakunin isshu]]''

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

Fujiwaranoteika at 15:26, 15 June 2026

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	<ruby>初瀬<rt>はつせ</rt></ruby>にまうづる<ruby>毎<rt>ごと</rt></ruby>に宿りける人の家に久しく宿らで、程経て、後に至れりければ、かの家の<ruby>主<rt>あるじ</rt></ruby>、「かく<ruby>定<rt>さだ</rt></ruby>かになん宿りはある」と言ひ出して侍りければ、そこに立てりける梅の花を折てよめる		<ruby>初瀬<rt>はつせ</rt></ruby>にまうづる<ruby>毎<rt>ごと</rt></ruby>に宿りける人の家に久しく宿らで、程経て、後に至れりければ、かの家の<ruby>主<rt>あるじ</rt></ruby>、「かく<ruby>定<rt>さだ</rt></ruby>かになん宿りはある」と言ひ出して侍りければ、そこに立てりける梅の花を折てよめる

			When he made visits to Hasudera, he stayed in a certain person's house, and he had not visited for a long time. After some time had passed he went there again, and the owner of the house said "This lodging has not changed," and [Tsurayuki] broke off a plum flower from a tree standing there, and read this

	貫之		貫之

			[[Ki no Tsurayuki]]

	人はいさ心も知らず故郷は花ぞ昔の香に匂ひける		人はいさ心も知らず故郷は花ぞ昔の香に匂ひける
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	<poem>		<poem>
			hito wa isa
			kokoro mo shira-zu
			furusato wa
			hana zo mukashi no
			ka ni nioi-keru
	</poem>		</poem>

	\|trans=		\|trans=
	<poem>		<poem>
			For people, well,
			I do not know their hearts
			In this old village
			It is the flowers' scent
			That smells the same as of old.
	</poem>		</poem>
	}}		}}
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	* ''[[~~Kokin waka rokujō]~~]'' \| ''[[~~Wakan rōeishū~~]]''		* ''[[Shūka daitai]'' \| ''[[Hyakunin isshu'']]

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

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== Text ==

<ruby>初瀬<rt>はつせ</rt></ruby>にまうづる<ruby>毎<rt>ごと</rt></ruby>に宿りける人の家に久しく宿らで、程経て、後に至れりければ、かの家の<ruby>主<rt>あるじ</rt></ruby>、「かく<ruby>定<rt>さだ</rt></ruby>かになん宿りはある」と言ひ出して侍りければ、そこに立てりける梅の花を折てよめる

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人はいさ心も知らず故郷は花ぞ昔の香に匂ひける

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== Notes ==

Other sources:

* ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' | ''[[Wakan rōeishū]]''

== Analysis ==

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