信濃なる浅間の嶽にたつ煙
をちこち人の見やはとがめぬ
をちこち人の見やはとがめぬ
- Roma-ji
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Shinano naru Asama no take ni tatsu keburi
ochikochibito no mi ya wa togamenu - English Translation
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From Mount Asama
in Shinano, rising smoke—
do people far and near
not see it and take alarm?
- Meaning
- From Mount Asama in Shinano, smoke rises; do people far and near not see it and take alarm?
- Commentary
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Episode Eight: "On Mount Asama"
A man, finding it difficult to live in the capital, set out with a friend to seek a place to dwell in the Eastern Provinces.
On the journey, in Shinano Province, he saw smoke rising into the sky from Mount Asama and composed this poem.
Seeing smoke rise from the mountain, one would think it had erupted, yet the people do not seem to notice or raise any alarm; the poem expresses his astonishment at this.
The episode in which this poem appears is one tale within the series of so-called "Journey to the East" stories.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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