#193 It seems as if the purple water lily flowers are softly sighing,…
| Size： | about 33×24 cm |
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| Dressing： | framed |
What kind of verse?
| verse: | Murasaki no, suiren no hana, honoka naru, ikishite nageku, midu no ue kana |
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| (imho): | It seems as if the purple water lily flowers are softly sighing, quietly lamenting on the water’s surface. |
| poet: | Yosano, Akiko |
| in: | 1919 |
brief comment
It seems that the way the purple water lily flowers gently sway on the water’s surface can be perceived as if they are breathing, and as if their movements are lamenting something.
The poetry collection ‘Phoenix’ was published in August 1919. In March of that year, his sixth daughter, Fujiko, was born. It might have been a somewhat sensitive period for her.