ぬし知らぬ香こそにほへれ秋の野に
誰がぬぎかけし藤袴ぞも
誰がぬぎかけし藤袴ぞも
- Roma-ji
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Nushi shiranu ka koso nioere aki no no ni
ta ga nugikakeshi fujibakama zo mo - English Translation
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a scent without a lord
comes drifting forth in fragrance—
on autumn fields wide,
whose might it be, cast off and left,
this wisteria-robe I see?
- Meaning
- A fragrance whose owner is unknown drifts through the air. On this autumn field, whose robe has been cast off and left behind—this fujibakama?
- Commentary
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Book Four Autumn Poems (Part One)
A poem composed on the fujibakama.
In former times, nobles would scent their garments with incense according to their taste. This poem likens the fujibakama, one of the seven autumn grasses, to a robe. The scene suggests a garment left behind in an autumn field, its owner unknown, leaving the reader to imagine the circumstances.
- Author
- Sosei Hoshi
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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Yadori seshi hito no katami ka fujibakama
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