009 Calligraphy fragment possibly of a commentary; first line begins with, yurusanu (ゆるさぬ)

Item

Title

009 Calligraphy fragment possibly of a commentary; first line begins with, yurusanu (ゆるさぬ)

Calligrapher

Attributed to Emperor Go-Kōgon (1338-1374)

Culture

Japanese

Style/period

Nanbokuchō/Muromachi (1333–1568)

Date

ca. 14th century

Material

Calligraphy fragment; ink on paper

Measurements

21.5 x 15.3 cm

Identifier

Z42_4j3_007a_009

Item Locator

Z42.4 J3

Transcription

ゆるさぬ心なをいふ

行水にかすかくよりもはかなきは/おもはぬ人をおもふなりけり/

恨/
いはみかたによせて人の心のあらいそをおもひ/心からくたくるなみをはかなみまくつかはらの/あき風に心をあらはしこふるゝ露を/そてにうけあまのすむさとののしるへかと/うたかひてつもれる松のうらみとそなる色に/たとへせめてつらさのあまりに心うらむともみえ

Transliteration

yurusanu kokoro nao iu

KKS XI: 522 yuku mizu ni / kazu kaku yori mo / hakanaki wa / omowanu hito wo / omou nari keri

urami
iwa mikata ni yosete hito no kokoro no araiso wo omoi kokoro kara kudakuru nami wo ba ka nami makutsuka hara no aki kaze ni kokoro wo arawashi kobururu tsuyu wo sode ni uke ama no sumu sato no no shiru be ka to uta kaite tsumoreru matsu no urami to sonaru iro ni tatoe semete tsurasa no amari ni kokoro uramu tomo mie

Translation

On the unforgiving heart

KKS XI: 522 less reliable / than figures sketched upon / the flowing waters / is this deep yearning for one / who does not return my love (Rodd 2017, pp. 198-199)

Resentment
Take the rocks as oneself, the human heart as a rocky coast battered by the waves of love

[just as] the heart is revealed in the riverbank’s autumn wind, and in sleeves overflowing with dew

there is a poem in which [Ono no Komachi declares] ‘I am not the guide to the villages where seafolk dwell…’* [the poet who] gazes upon the pine-thick bay can also be seen as the deeply aggrieved [lover] who gazes in wait [for one who does not come]

Description

Information on kiwame fuda (Identification/Authentication slip): 後光厳院 ゆるさぬ
(極印)琴山
(筆跡)古筆了悦(十二代)に近い?
Attributed to Go-Kōgon-in; Authentication Seal: Kinzan; Authenticator: Kohitsu Ryōetsu (Twelfth generation head of the Kohitsu main lineage) (?)
Upper Phrase (kami no ku) Height: 17.8 cm

Source

Gertrude Bass Warner Memorial Library

Spatial Coverage

Japan

Language

Japanese

Repository

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Institution

University of Oregon

Type

Image

Format

image/jpeg

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Rights Holder

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

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