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色よりも香こそあはれとおもほゆれたが袖ふれしやどの梅ぞも | |||
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<poem> | <poem> | ||
iro yori mo | |||
ka koso aware to | |||
omohoyure | |||
taga sode fure-shi | |||
yado no ume zo mo | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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<poem> | <poem> | ||
More than the color | |||
The scent is what's affecting | |||
So I think. | |||
Whose sleeve touched them | |||
The plums of my garden? | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
;color | |||
:Kubota(1937) says these are white plums. | |||
;garden | |||
:The word ''yado'' can mean either "garden" or "house"; here it is probably the plum trees growing in the garden. | |||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
[[KKS | The first part of this poem is clear, showing a preference for the scent to the visual. This may recall other poetic oppositions of fall to spring, or fallen flowers to blooming flowers. Like the previous poem, this "scent" is probably meant to suggest the incense of a robe, leading into the second half of the poem. | ||
The second part is more evocative and less direct. Many older commentaries connected it to a variety of Chinese legends involving men smelling the lingering scent on a dead lover's robe. Mabuchi acknowledged that these legends seemed appropriate but was concerned that they lessened the emotional impact of the poem. | |||
Other commentaries read it with a love meaning, such as the ''Jidenkai'', echoed by Kaneko(1927). In this reading, this poem is delivered to a woman by a man, who wonders what other man has been visiting her. Takeoka and Katagiri rejected this reading, although Katigiri noted that many of the poem tales may have been constructed around poems like this that have these possible love subtexts. It's difficult to know whether the compilers, in placing this poem in the seasonal section, intended to firmly reject a love reading. | |||
A non-love version of the poem would simply be a witty comparison between the scent of the plums and robe incense, like the previous poem. These plums smell so good, some high-raking person must have come by with their wonderful incense to perfume them. Matsuda(1968) and the ''Shintaikei'' edition interpret it in this way as a poem of greeting to the owner of the house, praising his plums. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 11 June 2026
Text
[題しらず]
[Topic unknown]
[よみ人しらず]
[Poet unknown]
色よりも香こそあはれとおもほゆれたが袖ふれしやどの梅ぞも
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iro yori mo |
More than the color |
Notes
- color
- Kubota(1937) says these are white plums.
- garden
- The word yado can mean either "garden" or "house"; here it is probably the plum trees growing in the garden.
Analysis
The first part of this poem is clear, showing a preference for the scent to the visual. This may recall other poetic oppositions of fall to spring, or fallen flowers to blooming flowers. Like the previous poem, this "scent" is probably meant to suggest the incense of a robe, leading into the second half of the poem.
The second part is more evocative and less direct. Many older commentaries connected it to a variety of Chinese legends involving men smelling the lingering scent on a dead lover's robe. Mabuchi acknowledged that these legends seemed appropriate but was concerned that they lessened the emotional impact of the poem.
Other commentaries read it with a love meaning, such as the Jidenkai, echoed by Kaneko(1927). In this reading, this poem is delivered to a woman by a man, who wonders what other man has been visiting her. Takeoka and Katagiri rejected this reading, although Katigiri noted that many of the poem tales may have been constructed around poems like this that have these possible love subtexts. It's difficult to know whether the compilers, in placing this poem in the seasonal section, intended to firmly reject a love reading.
A non-love version of the poem would simply be a witty comparison between the scent of the plums and robe incense, like the previous poem. These plums smell so good, some high-raking person must have come by with their wonderful incense to perfume them. Matsuda(1968) and the Shintaikei edition interpret it in this way as a poem of greeting to the owner of the house, praising his plums.
