293 An excerpt from Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), chapter 19, "Usugumo" (Wisps of Cloud); opening word, Yūhi hanayaka ni (夕日花やかに)

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Title

293 An excerpt from Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), chapter 19, "Usugumo" (Wisps of Cloud); opening word, Yūhi hanayaka ni (夕日花やかに)

Calligrapher

Attributed to Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638)

Style/period

Edo (1615–1868)

Date

Beginning of Edo

Material

Shikishi (poem card); ink on brown paper with underdrawing in gold

Measurements

25 x 21.4 cm

Identifier

Z42_4j3_125a_293

Item Locator

Z42.4 J3

Transcription

夕日花やかにさして山きはの/木すゑあらはなるに雲のうすく/わたれるかにひ色なるを何こと/も御めとまらぬ頃なれといともの/あはれにおほさる入日さす峯に棚引うす雲は/もの思ふ袖に色やまかへる

Transliteration

Genji Monogatari XIX
yūhi hanayaka ni sashite yamagiwa no kozue arawanaru ni kumo no usuku watareru ga nibi iro naru wo nanigoto mo onme tomaranu koro naredo ito mono aware ni obosaru

irihi sasu / mine ni tanabiku / usugumo wa / mono omou sode / ni iro ya magaeru

Translation

Genji Monogatari XIX Usugumo: A Thin Veil of Clouds
Facing the bright setting sun as he contemplated Amida’s Pure Land in the west, he could clearly make out the top branches of the trees along the crest of the mountains in the distance. A thin layer of dull gray clouds drifted across the skies just above those branches. Since Fujitsubo’s death, nothing had caught his eye or drawn his interest, but he found the scene before him now sublimely moving. The hue of the thin veil of clouds spreading / Across peaks aglow in the setting sun / Complements the sleeves of one in mourning (Washburn 2011, p. 399)

Description

Information on kiwame fuda (Identification/Authentication slip): 烏丸殿光廣卿 夕日花やかに
(極印)琴山
(筆跡)古筆了栄(二代)か?
Attributed to Karasumaru-dono Mitsuhiro-kyō; Authentication Seal: Kinzan; Authenticator: Kohitsu Ryōei (Second generation head of the Kohitsu main lineage) (?)

Source

源氏物語(2)薄雲 p. 448夕日はなやかにさして、山際の梢あらはなるに、雲の薄くわたれるが鈍色なるを、何ごとも御目とどまらぬころなれど、いとものあはれに思さる。入日さす峰にたなびく薄雲はもの思ふ袖に色やまがへる人聞かぬ所なればかひなし。
Gertrude Bass Warner Memorial Library

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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