Sone no Yoshitada

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Sone no Yoshitada, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Sone no Yoshitada (曾禰好忠) was a Japanese

Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry[2][4] and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[1][5]

Because he was a secretary (掾, jō) of

imperial anthologies.[3]

The following poem by him was No. 46 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

Japanese text[5] Romanized Japanese[6] English translation[7]
由良のとを
渡る舟人
かぢをたえ
行くへも知らぬ
恋の道かな
Yura no to wo
wataru funa-bito
kaji-wo tae
yukue mo shiranu
koi no michi kana
Crossing the Straits of Yura
the boatman lost the rudder.
The boat's adrift
not knowing where it goes.
Is the course of love like this?

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f McMillan 2010 : 139-140 (note 46).
  2. ^ a b c d e MyPedia article "Sone no Yoshitada". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
  3. ^ a b c Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Sone no Yoshitada". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
  4. ^ a b c d Digital Daijisen entry "Sone no Yoshitada". Shogakukan.
  5. ^ a b c d Suzuki et al. 2009 : 60.
  6. ^ McMillan 2010 : 164.
  7. ^ McMillan 2010 : 48.

Bibliography

  • McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
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