我妹子に猪名野は見せつ名次山
角の松原いつか示さむ
角の松原いつか示さむ
- Roma-ji
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Wagimoko ni Inano wa misetsu Nasukiyama Tsuno no matsubara itsu ka shimesamu
- English Translation
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To my dearest wife
I have shown Ina's plain now—
Mount Nasuki then,
and the pine grove of Tsuno,
when shall I show those to her?
- Meaning
- I have shown my wife the plain of Ina; when shall I show her Mount Nasuki and the pine grove of Tsuno?
- Commentary
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Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 279
Headnote: "Two poems by Takechi no Muraji Kurohito"
This poem comes from a journey through Settsu with his wife. He has already shown her the plain of Ina, and wonders when he can show her Mount Nasuki and the pine grove of Tsuno ahead, eager to share the beautiful land with her. The plain of Ina is around present-day Itami, Hyōgo, and Mount Nasuki and the Tsuno pine grove are placed near Nishinomiya. It forms a set with the next poem and the wife's reply that follows.
The poet, Takechi no Kurohito, was active from the reign of Jitō to that of Monmu. Excelling in travel poems, he opened a distinctive vein of landscape poetry marked by a solitary gaze upon receding things. Little is known of his life.
First line "To my dearest wife": wagimoko is an affectionate term for one's wife.
Second line "I have shown Ina's plain now": tsu is perfective, and the sentence breaks here.
Third line "Mount Nasuki then": a hill in Settsu, thought to be near Nasuki-chō in Nishinomiya.
Fourth line "and the pine grove of Tsuno": thought to be a pine grove near Tsuto in Nishinomiya.
Fifth line "when shall I show those to her": ka is interrogative and mu expresses intention, ending in anticipation of the road ahead.
- Author
- Takechi no Kurohito
- Source
- Manyoshu
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