#145 What do you mean to do my heart, the cuckoo? …
| Frame size： | about 33×24 cm |
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| Dressing： | framed |
What verse?
| verse: | Wa ga kokoro, ika ni seyo tote, hototogisu, kumo ma no tsuki no, kage ni naku ramu |
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| (imho): | What do you mean to do my heart, the cuckoo? Your singing of which you’re sing under the moonlight filtering through the ephemeral cloud is to lose my composure. |
| poet: | Fujiwara, Toshinari |
| in: | about 1200 |
Note
We use to call a great persons of the past as another pronunciation of a Chinese character, like Toshinari to “Shunzei”.
The Japanese custom would result from respect and reverence to them, i think.