Kokinshu 36 - Revision history

Jchristo at 15:40, 16 August 2022

2022-08-16T15:40:19Z

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	;笠にぬふてふ		;笠にぬふてふ
	:てふ is a contraction of といふ; many texts, including some of Teika's texts, read といふ instead.		:てふ is a contraction of といふ; many texts, including some of Teika's texts, read といふ instead.
	;The {{Oldest\|''Ogisho''}} says that the warblers jumping back and forth in the branches seems like weaving, and so they are said to "weave" branches. Since then, commentators both pre-modern and modern have variously supported this idea, or said that this is simply an evocative image because warblers spend time around plum trees.		:The {{Oldest\|''Ogisho''}} says that the warblers jumping back and forth in the branches seems like weaving, and so they are said to "weave" branches. Since then, commentators both pre-modern and modern have variously supported this idea, or said that this is simply an evocative image because warblers spend time around plum trees and the plum blossoms can look like hats.

	= Analysis =		= Analysis =

	The sentiment of the poem seems to be based on KKS 1081, which is also a Saibara song: 青柳の片糸によりてうぐひすの縫ふてふ笠は梅のはながさ. Although, as the {{Nativist\|''Seigi''}} pointed out, that poem has てふ in it as well, so this may be referring to some previous song or legend that now lost.		The sentiment of the poem seems to be based on KKS 1081, which is also a Saibara song: 青柳の片糸によりてうぐひすの縫ふてふ笠は梅のはながさ. Although, as the {{Nativist\|''Seigi''}} pointed out, that poem has てふ in it as well, so this may be referring to some previous song or legend that now lost.

			This seems to be a 述懐 poem about the poet's age. However, Tokiwa was only 43 when he died. Commenters such as {{Modern\|Kaneko}} either say that he was starting to feel old age, that Heian people felt old age younger, or that spring was simply a time when everyone felt their age since you added one year in spring. Katagiri takes an entirely different viewpoint; he connects this poem to various 翁 dances -- thus Tokiwa was simply using this as a celebratory symbol of long life rather than a literal expression of his age.

			Takeoka notes the shift from the fantasy world of the first two lines to the reality of the last two lines, around the central pivot of 梅花.

	= Other Sources =		= Other Sources =

Jchristo at 15:36, 16 August 2022

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			= Text =

			むめの花を<ruby>折<rt>ゝ</rt></ruby>りてよめる

			東三条の左のおほひまうちきみ

			鶯の　笠にぬふてふ　梅花　折<ruby>り<rt>・</rt></ruby>てかざ<ruby>さ<rt>ゝ</rt></ruby>む　おいかくるやと

			= Translation =

			He broke off a plum flower and read this

			Higashi Sanjo Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Tokiwa]

			The warblers / weave hats out of them, they say / the plum flowers / I shall break one off and put it in my cap / perhaps to hide my age.

			= Notes =

			;左のおほひまうちきみ
			:This is a Japanese reading of 左大臣. According to Takeoka the きみ should be unvoiced, but Katagiri voices it as ぎみ.

			;笠にぬふてふ
			:てふ is a contraction of といふ; many texts, including some of Teika's texts, read といふ instead.
			;The {{Oldest\|''Ogisho''}} says that the warblers jumping back and forth in the branches seems like weaving, and so they are said to "weave" branches. Since then, commentators both pre-modern and modern have variously supported this idea, or said that this is simply an evocative image because warblers spend time around plum trees.

			= Analysis =

			The sentiment of the poem seems to be based on KKS 1081, which is also a Saibara song: 青柳の片糸によりてうぐひすの縫ふてふ笠は梅のはながさ. Although, as the {{Nativist\|''Seigi''}} pointed out, that poem has てふ in it as well, so this may be referring to some previous song or legend that now lost.

	= Other Sources =		= Other Sources =

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