Kokinshu 25 - Revision history

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	* 秀歌大体　三五記　定家八代抄		* 秀歌大体　三五記　定家八代抄
	* 俊頼髄脳　袖中抄　歌林良材　和歌密書		* 俊頼髄脳　袖中抄　歌林良材　和歌密書

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Analysis

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	The main interpretive question for this poem is the role of the first two lines. As mentioned above, they are clearly a preface, but how does the preface relate to the rest of the poem? The most common interpretation among modern scholars is that there is no deep meaning to the preface, but it simply evokes a scene of a woman washing clothes in a country house, looking out at the greenery of spring. This is the reading of {{Modern\|Kubota}}, {{Modern\|Matsuda}}, and Katagiri. Takeoka also generally takes this opinion but questions whether the clothing somehow relates to the "green" of the final line.		The main interpretive question for this poem is the role of the first two lines. As mentioned above, they are clearly a preface, but how does the preface relate to the rest of the poem? The most common interpretation among modern scholars is that there is no deep meaning to the preface, but it simply evokes a scene of a woman washing clothes in a country house, looking out at the greenery of spring. This is the reading of {{Modern\|Kubota}}, {{Modern\|Matsuda}}, and Katagiri. Takeoka also generally takes this opinion but questions whether the clothing somehow relates to the "green" of the final line.

	Takeoka's speculation is grounded in readings beginning with the {{Nativist\|Chokudenkai}}, who continued to read this section as a reflection of Tsurayuki's frustrated political hopes. In this reading, the "green" is the green of the 6th rank robes. {{Modern\|Kaneko}} points to ''Tales of Ise'' 41 which also involves clothes washing and a green robe representing a low rank. He considers this poem to be directly based on the ''Ise'' story but few other scholars take it this strongly. {{Modern\|Miura}}, like Kaneko, rejects the idea that this is reflecting Tsurayuki's failed political hopes but still reads this as the wife of a low ranking man, adding to the sadness of the scene. On the other hand, Matsuda and Katagiri both think the mood is positive, with a sunny image of the clothes washing. Katagiri wonders if this could be a screen painting poem, and perhaps this is closest to capturing the true mood of the poem.		Takeoka's speculation is grounded in readings beginning with the {{Nativist\|''Chokudenkai''}}, who continued to read this section as a reflection of Tsurayuki's frustrated political hopes. In this reading, the "green" is the green of the 6th rank robes. {{Modern\|Kaneko}} points to ''Tales of Ise'' 41 which also involves clothes washing and a green robe representing a low rank. He considers this poem to be directly based on the ''Ise'' story but few other scholars take it this strongly. {{Modern\|Miura}}, like Kaneko, rejects the idea that this is reflecting Tsurayuki's failed political hopes but still reads this as the wife of a low ranking man, adding to the sadness of the scene. On the other hand, Matsuda and Katagiri both think the mood is positive, with a sunny image of the clothes washing. Katagiri wonders if this could be a screen painting poem, and perhaps this is closest to capturing the true mood of the poem.

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	[Ki no] Tsurayuki		[Ki no] Tsurayuki

	My husband's / clothing the spring rain / every time it falls / the green of the fields / grows a shade deeper.		My husband's / clothing washing - the spring rain / every time it falls / the green of the fields / grows a shade deeper.

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Analysis

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			This poem appears in two of {{Teika\|Teika}}'s collections of excellent poetry: the ''Shuka daitai'' and the ''Teika hachidaisho''.

			The main interpretive question for this poem is the role of the first two lines. As mentioned above, they are clearly a preface, but how does the preface relate to the rest of the poem? The most common interpretation among modern scholars is that there is no deep meaning to the preface, but it simply evokes a scene of a woman washing clothes in a country house, looking out at the greenery of spring. This is the reading of {{Modern\|Kubota}}, {{Modern\|Matsuda}}, and Katagiri. Takeoka also generally takes this opinion but questions whether the clothing somehow relates to the "green" of the final line.

			Takeoka's speculation is grounded in readings beginning with the {{Nativist\|Chokudenkai}}, who continued to read this section as a reflection of Tsurayuki's frustrated political hopes. In this reading, the "green" is the green of the 6th rank robes. {{Modern\|Kaneko}} points to ''Tales of Ise'' 41 which also involves clothes washing and a green robe representing a low rank. He considers this poem to be directly based on the ''Ise'' story but few other scholars take it this strongly. {{Modern\|Miura}}, like Kaneko, rejects the idea that this is reflecting Tsurayuki's failed political hopes but still reads this as the wife of a low ranking man, adding to the sadness of the scene. On the other hand, Matsuda and Katagiri both think the mood is positive, with a sunny image of the clothes washing. Katagiri wonders if this could be a screen painting poem, and perhaps this is closest to capturing the true mood of the poem.

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Notes

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	:This is a pivot construction, taking はる as 衣を張る (stretch out clothes when washing) and 春雨 (spring rain). This makes the first two lines a preface, but scholars differ on what type of preface it is -- see the analysis for more details.		:This is a pivot construction, taking はる as 衣を張る (stretch out clothes when washing) and 春雨 (spring rain). This makes the first two lines a preface, but scholars differ on what type of preface it is -- see the analysis for more details.

	;ふる		;ふるごとに
	:A minority of scholars sees a secondary meaning for this word of 振る "shake" having some relation to dyeing.		:A minority of scholars sees a secondary meaning for this word of 振る "shake" having some relation to dyeing.
			:Some manuscripts read ときに (when the rain falls) rather than ごとに (every time) here.

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Notes

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	;衣春雨		;衣春雨
	:This is a pivot construction, taking はる as 衣を張る (stretch out clothes when washing) and 春雨 (spring rain). This makes the first two lines a preface, but scholars differ on what type of preface it is -- see the analysis for more details.		:This is a pivot construction, taking はる as 衣を張る (stretch out clothes when washing) and 春雨 (spring rain). This makes the first two lines a preface, but scholars differ on what type of preface it is -- see the analysis for more details.

			;ふる
			:A minority of scholars sees a secondary meaning for this word of 振る "shake" having some relation to dyeing.

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歌たてまつれとおほせられし時によみてたてまつれる

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わがせこが　衣春雨　ふるごとに　野辺のみどりぞ　色まさりける

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When [the Emperor] said "Submit a poem," [Tsurayuki] read this and submitted it.

[Ki no] Tsurayuki

My husband's / clothing the spring rain / every time it falls / the green of the fields / grows a shade deeper.

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(See [[Kokinshu 22|poem 22]] for notes on the prose preface, which is the same)

;わがせこが
:This phrase has been subject to a great deal of commentary. Early commenters such as {{Oldest|Toshiyori}} interpreted せこ as "wife" here. But later scholars reject the idea that せこ can have this meaning. {{Nativist|Takanao}} thought this was a mistake for わぎもこ. {{Denju|Sogi}} seemed to take the position that the first lines were simply a 序 (preface) and did not refer to any actual people. These interpretations seem to have come from the early scholars' interpreting the わが as Tsurayuki himself. But {{Edo|Mabuchi}} recognized that men composing poems in the voice of women is quite common during the Heian period, and modern scholars agree that Tsurayuki is using this technique here.
:The second question is about the が; is this a possessive or a subject marker? Since women were typically the clothes washers, Katagiri's reading of this as the possessive seems appropriate.

;衣春雨
:This is a pivot construction, taking はる as 衣を張る (stretch out clothes when washing) and 春雨 (spring rain). This makes the first two lines a preface, but scholars differ on what type of preface it is -- see the analysis for more details.

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* 新選和歌３３
* 古今和歌六帖４６４・雨・貫之. Line 3 ふるからに
* 千五百番歌合１０３判詞. The judge criticized the Left's poem (わぎもこが衣はるさめふるからにすそのの草ぞいろまさりゆく by Sanuki) for being too close to KKS 25 and awarded the victory to the Right.
* 秀歌大体　三五記　定家八代抄
* 俊頼髄脳　袖中抄　歌林良材　和歌密書

Kokinshu 25 - Revision history

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