Hyakunin Isshu No.97 of Yoga Promenade
The poet is Fujiwara-no Sadaie. He is a son of Fujiwara-no Toshinari, the poet No.83. Sadaie is the selector of this Hyakunin Isshu list. He is also known as one of editors of Shin-kokin-shu.
This poem begins with "waiting for the one who never comes." From the word wait (“matsu”), it moves to a description of Matsuho Bay where somebody roasts seaweed salt at dusk. Then, the poem returns to the original part with the word “roast,” telling the person is waiting with the burning desire. The middle part refers a poem in Man’yo-shu, the poem collection compiled from the 7th century to 8th century. In the old poem, the author has heard rumors of a female diver roasting seaweed salt in Matsuho Bay and describes his desire to go and meet her but is unable to do so. Sadaie composed this poem as the reply to a poem written four hundred years earlier.
Hyakunin Isshu No.97 of Yoga Promenade
The poet is Fujiwara-no Sadaie. He is a son of Fujiwara-no Toshinari, the poet No.83. Sadaie is the selector of this Hyakunin Isshu list. He is also known as one of editors of Shin-kokin-shu.
This poem begins with "waiting for the one who never comes." From the word wait (“matsu”), it moves to a description of Matsuho Bay where somebody roasts seaweed salt at dusk. Then, the poem returns to the original part with the word “roast,” telling the person is waiting with the burning desire. The middle part refers a poem in Man’yo-shu, the poem collection compiled from the 7th century to 8th century. In the old poem, the author has heard rumors of a female diver roasting seaweed salt in Matsuho Bay and describes his desire to go and meet her but is unable to do so. Sadaie composed this poem as the reply to a poem written four hundred years earlier.