A HUNDRED VERSES FROM OLD JAPAN - 100 verses with notes from the Hyaku-nin-isshiu E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The Hyaku-nin-isshiu, or 'Single Verses by a Hundred People', were collected together in Japan during A.D. 1235. These have been penned in the Tanka style, which has five lines and thirty-one syllables, arranged 5-7-5-7-7 which is an unusual metre for Western ears. They range from about the year A.D. 670, and have been placed in approximate chronological order.The Collection consists almost entirely of what the editor calls picture-poems and love-poems, intended to bring before the mind's eye some well-known scene in nature. It is marvellous what images are sketches in the mind’s eye within thirty-one syllables.Each poem is accompanied by a pen and ink thumbnail sketches and explanatory notes (where they have been available). Some sketches show the cherry blossoms which are doomed to fall, the dewdrops scattered by the wind, the mournful cry of the wild deer on the mountains, the dying crimson of the fallen maple leaves, the weird sadness of the cuckoo singing in the moonlight, or the loneliness of the recluse in the mountain wilds. While those verses which appear to be of a more cheerful type are rather of the nature of the 'Japanese smile', described by Lafcadio Hearn as a facial mask adopted to hide the real feelings.Japanese poetry differs very largely from anything we are used to in the West. It has very little rhyme or alliteration, and little, if any, rhythm, as we understand it.10% of the net sale will be donated to charities. YESTERDAY'S BOOKS for TODAY’S CHARITIES============KEYWORDS/TAGS - a hundred verses from old japan, translation, Hyaku-nin-isshiu, Single Verses, Hundred People, collected A.D. 1235, before the Norman Conquest, advanced culture, Japan, ancient poetry, love poems, picture poems, mind's eye, nature scenes, marvellous, thumbnail sketches, cherry blossom, fall,dewdrops, wind, mournful cry, wild deer, mountains, dying crimson, fallen, maple leaves, weird sadness, cuckoo, singing, moonlight, loneliness, recluse, wilds, Japanese smile, Japanese poetry, poet, rhyme, alliteration, Tanka poetry, thirty-one syllables, 31 syllables, five lines, 5 lines, 5-7-5-7-7, metre, Western ears,8-6-8-6-6, Tenchi Tennō, Jitō Tenno, Kaki-No-Moto No Hitomaro, Yamabe No Akahito, Saru Maru Taiu, Chū-Nagon Yakamochi, Abe No Nakamaro, Kizen Hōshi, Ono No Komachi, Semi Maru, Sangi Takamura, Sōjō Henjō, Yōzei In,Kawara No Sadaijin, Kwōkō Tennō, Chū-Nagon Ariwara No Yuki-Hira, Ariwara No Nari-Hira Ason, Fujiwara No Toshi-Yuki Ason, Ise,Moto-Yoshi Shinnō, Sosei Hōshi, Bunya No Yasuhide, Ōye No Chisato, Kwan-Ke,Sanjō Udaijin, Tei-Shin Kō, Chū-Nagon Kanesuke, Minamoto No Mune-Yuki Ason, Ōshi-Kōchi No Mitsune, Nibu No Tadamine, Saka-No-Uye No Korenori, Harumichi No Tsuraki, Kino Tomonori, Fujiwara No Oki-Kaze, Kino Tsura-Yuki, Kiyowara No Fuka-Yabu, Bunya No Asayasu, Ukon,Sangi Hitoshi, Taira No Kanemori, Nibu No Tadami, Kiyowara No Moto-Suke, Chū-Nagon Yatsu-Tada, Chū-Nagon Asa-Tada, Ken-Toku Ko, Sō Ne-Yoshi-Tada, Ye-Kei Hōshi, Minamoto No Shige-Yuki, Ōnakatomi No Yoshi-Nobu Ason, Fujiwara No Yoshitaka, Fujiwara No Sanekata Ason, Michi-Nobu Ason, Udaishō Michi-Tsuna No Haha, Gidō-Sanshi No Haha, Dai-Nagon Kintō, Izumi Shikibu,Murasaki Shikibu, Daini No Sammi, Akazome Emon, Ko-Shikibu No Naishi, Ise No Taiu, Sei Shō-Nagon, Sakyō Taiu Michimasa, Gon Chū-Nagon Sada-Yori, Sagami,Daisōjō Gyōson, Suwo No Naishi, Sanjō In, Nō-In Hoshi, Riyō-Zen Hoshi, Dai-Nagon, Tsune-Nobu, Yūshi Naishinnō Ke Kii, Gon Chū-Nagon Masafusa, Minamoto No Toshi-Yori Ason, Fujiwara No Mototoshi, Hōshō-Ji Nyūdō Saki No Kwambaku Daijōdaijin, Sutoku In, Minamoto No Kanemasa, Sakyō No Taiu Aki-Suke, Taiken Mon-In Horikawa, Go Tokudai-Ji Sadaijin, Dō-In Hoshi, Kwō-Tai-Kōgū No Taiu Toshi-Nari, Fujiwara No Kiyo-Suke Ason, Shun-Ye Hōshi, Saigyō Hōshi, Jaku-Ren Hōshi, Kwōka Mon-In No Betto, Shikishi Naishinnō,

Leseprobe

A HUNDRED VERSES

FROM OLD JAPAN

being a translation of the Hyaku-nin-isshiu

by

William N. Porter

Originally published by

The Clarendon Press, London

[1909]

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Resurrected by

Abela Publishing, London

[2009]

A Hundred Verses from Old Japan

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2009

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2009

ISBN-13: 978-1-907256-19-6

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Acknowledgements

The Publisher acknowledges the work that

William N. Porter

did in compiling this unique collection of Japanese poetry

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

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A percentage of the net sale from this book

will be donated towards education scholarships

for the underprivileged.

Publisher’s Note

Each poem in this volume is accompanied by a short set of notes which give context to the poem and the author. The notes in this volume are arranged so that they are on the page preceding the poem they address.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 TENCHI TENNŌ

2 JITŌ TENNŌ

3 KAKI-NO-MOTO NO HITOMARO

4 YAMABE NO AKAHITO

5 SARU MARU TAIU

6 CHŪ-NAGON YAKAMOCHI

7 ABE NO NAKAMARO

8 KIZEN HŌSHI

9 ONO NO KOMACHI

10 SEMI MARU

11 SANGI TAKAMURA

12 SŌJŌ HENJŌ

13 YŌZEI IN

14 KAWARA NO SADAIJIN

15 KWŌKŌ TENNŌ

16 CHŪ-NAGON ARIWARA NO YUKI-HIRA

17 ARIWARA NO NARI-HIRA ASON

18 FUJIWARA NO TOSHI-YUKI ASON

19 ISE

20 MOTO-YOSHI SHINNŌ

21 SOSEI HŌSHI

22 BUNYA NO YASUHIDE

23 ŌYE NO CHISATO

24 KWAN-KE

25 SANJŌ UDAIJIN

26 TEI-SHIN KŌ

27 CHŪ-NAGON KANESUKE

28 MINAMOTO NO MUNE-YUKI ASON

29 ŌSHI-KŌCHI NO MITSUNE

30 NIBU NO TADAMINE

31 SAKA-NO-UYE NO KORENORI

32 HARUMICHI NO TSURAKI

33 KINO TOMONORI

34 FUJIWARA NO OKI-KAZE

35 KINO TSURA-YUKI

36 KIYOWARA NO FUKA-YABU

37 BUNYA NO ASAYASU

38 UKON

39 SANGI HITOSHI

40 TAIRA NO KANEMORI

41 NIBU NO TADAMI

42 KIYOWARA NO MOTO-SUKE

43 CHŪ-NAGON YATSU-TADA

44 CHŪ-NAGON ASA-TADA

45 KEN-TOKU KO

46 SŌ NE-YOSHI-TADA

47 YE-KEI HŌSHI

48 MINAMOTO NO SHIGE-YUKI

49 ŌNAKATOMI NO YOSHI-NOBU ASON

50 FUJIWARA NO YOSHITAKA

51 FUJIWARA NO SANEKATA ASON

52 FUJIWARA NO MICHI-NOBU ASON

53 UDAISHŌ MICHI-TSUNA NO HAHA

54 GIDŌ-SANSHI NO HAHA

55 DAI-NAGON KINTŌ

56 IZUMI SHIKIBU

57 MURASAKI SHIKIBU

58 DAINI NO SAMMI

59 AKAZOME EMON

60 KO-SHIKIBU NO NAISHI

61 ISE NO TAIU

62 SEI SHŌ-NAGON

63 SAKYŌ TAIU MICHIMASA

64 GON CHŪ-NAGON SADA-YORI

65 SAGAMI

66 DAISŌJŌ GYŌSON

67 SUWO NO NAISHI

68 SANJŌ IN

69 NŌ-IN HOSHI

70 RIYŌ-ZEN HOSHI

71 DAI-NAGON TSUNE-NOBU

72 YŪSHI NAISHINNŌ KE KII

73 GON CHŪ-NAGON MASAFUSA

74 MINAMOTO NO TOSHI-YORI ASON

75 FUJIWARA NO MOTOTOSHI

76 HŌSHŌ-JI NYŪDŌ SAKI NO KWAMBAKU DAIJŌDAIJIN

77 SUTOKU IN

78 MINAMOTO NO KANEMASA

79 SAKYŌ NO TAIU AKI-SUKE

80 TAIKEN MON-IN HORIKAWA

81 GO TOKUDAI-JI SADAIJIN

82 DŌ-IN HOSHI

83 KWŌ-TAI-KŌGŪ NO TAIU TOSHI-NARI

84 FUJIWARA NO KIYO-SUKE ASON

85 SHUN-YE HŌSHI

86 SAIGYŌ HŌSHI

87 JAKU-REN HŌSHI

88 KWŌKA MON-IN NO BETTO

89 SHIKISHI NAISHINNŌ

90 IMPU MON-IN NO ŌSUKE

91 GO-KYŌ-GOKU SESSHŌ SAKI NO DAIJŌDAIJIN

92 NIJŌ IN SANUKI

93 KAMAKURA UDAIJIN

94 SANGI MASATSUNE

95 SAKI NO DAISŌJŌ JIYEN

96 NYŪDŌ SAKI DAIJŌDAIJIN

97 GON CHU-NAGON SADA-IYE

98 JŪNII IYE-TAKA

99 GOTOBA NO IN

100 JUN-TOKU IN

INTRODUCTION

THE Hyaku-nin-isshiu, or 'Single Verses by a Hundred People', were collected together in A.D. 1235 by Sadaiye Fujiwara, who included as his own contribution verse No. 97. They are placed in approximately chronological order, and range from about the year 670 to the year of compilation. The Japanese devote themselves to poetry very much more than we (in the West) do; and there is hardly a home in Japan, however humble, where these verses, or at least some of them, are not known. They are, and have been for many years, used also in connection with a game of cards, in which the skill consists in fitting parts of the different verses together.

Japanese poetry differs very largely from anything we are used to; it has no recognisable rhyme or alliteration, and little, if any, rhythm, as we understand it. The verses in this Collection are all what are called , which was for many years the only form of verse known to the Japanese. A verse has five line and thirty-one syllables, arranged thus: 5-7-5-7-7 as this is an unusual metre in our ears, I have adopted for the translation a five-lined verse of 8-6-8-6-6 metre, with the second, fourth, and fifth lines rhyming, in the hope of retaining at least some resemblance to the original form, while making the sound more familiar to English readers.