かすがののわかなつみにや白妙の
袖ふりはへて人のゆくらむ
袖ふりはへて人のゆくらむ
- Roma-ji
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Kasugano no wakana tsumi ni ya shirotae no
sode furihaete hito no yukuramu - English Translation
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Perhaps going to Kasuga Field to gather young greens,
people go with the sleeves of their white garments fluttering.
- Meaning
- Could it be that they are going to Kasuga Field to gather young greens, with the sleeves of their white garments fluttering as they go?
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
Composed when the emperor commanded a poem to be offered, this song was thus presented.
The poem may be a byōbu-uta (screen poem) depicting Nara’s Kasuga Fields. The image of a woman with white sleeves fluttering as she goes to gather young greens deepens the aesthetic sentiment by connecting it to the familiar and cherished Kasuga Fields.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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