Hyakunin Isshu No.19 of Yoga Promenade
The poet is Ise. She is called “Ise” because her father was a governor of Ise Province.
The first half of the poem talks about the short stalks between nodes of reeds in Naniwa-gata (marsh in Osaka area). The word “short” is shared by the first and second halves. In the second half the author asks her lover if she should live without meeting him even for a short time. A double-meaning word “Yo (life/stalk between nodes of reeds)” also connects the first and second halves of the poem.
Hyakunin Isshu No.19 of Yoga Promenade
The poet is Ise. She is called “Ise” because her father was a governor of Ise Province.
The first half of the poem talks about the short stalks between nodes of reeds in Naniwa-gata (marsh in Osaka area). The word “short” is shared by the first and second halves. In the second half the author asks her lover if she should live without meeting him even for a short time. A double-meaning word “Yo (life/stalk between nodes of reeds)” also connects the first and second halves of the poem.