Hyakunin Isshu #47
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lnhammer In the loneliness
of this residence that is
overgrown with vines,
not a person can be seen --
only the autumn has come.
yaemugura
shigereru yado no
sabishiki ni
hito koso miene
aki wa kinikeri
---L.
of this residence that is
overgrown with vines,
not a person can be seen --
only the autumn has come.
—2 May 2010
Original by Egyô, a 10th-century monk whose dates and birth name are unknown, writing on the subject "autumn comes to the dilapidated house". The house is usually taken to be the famous mansion (built over a century before by Tôru (#14)) where it was written, even though it was being actively inhabited by Tôru's descendant, the host of the contest. The mugura creepers are literally "eight-layered," another example of eight being generically "many". Yado normally means temporary lodgings, as in at an inn, but was used as a poeticism for a place of residence.yaemugura
shigereru yado no
sabishiki ni
hito koso miene
aki wa kinikeri
---L.