Kozuka with writings

[Bruno]

Hello,

 

A friend of mine bought this kozuka signed YASUCHIKA. The handle can be opened and he would like to know what it is written inside it. Thanks for the help.

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Bruno, the one on the right is upside down.

Looks like a (haiku?) poem on the left.

[Bruno]

Thanks Piers.

 

Not sure why I can't rotate this image.

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Bruno

[Bruno]

[Bruno]

Seems this one is good.

[Hiro]

Hello, nice to meet you.　This is a beautiful waka poem, so I would like to share its contents with everyone.

May I write about it?

 

Hiro

Edited 12 hours ago by Hiro

[Kurikata]

Sold at a french auction march 11.

[Kurikata]

[Bruno]

26 minutes ago, Hiro said:

May I write about it?

Please do.

[Hiro]

（ I asked because it is a bit long.）

 

Right（meaning) 

「The Kagura of our shrine has been performed since ancient times,

　and it is even mentioned in an old poetry anthology, 拾遺和歌集the Shūi Wakashū.

The waka poem composed by藤原忠房 Fujiwara noTadafusa

when 宇多上皇Emperor Uda (during his time as a retired emperor)visited Kasuga Taisha in Nara.　（In 920. 延喜engi20年）」

 

Left（Only the first half of the waka poem is written.）

（meaning) 

「Today, Yaotome (shrine maidens who perform Kagura) at Kasuga Taisha are so wonderfully rare and beautiful that even the gods themselves cannot help but rejoice and praise them.」

 

「めつらしき       けふの春日の           やをとめを           かみもうれしと           しのはさらめや」

　me tu ra si ki   ke fu no ka su ga no   ya wo to me wo  ka mi mo u re shi to   shi no ha sa ra me ya

　（珍しき　　  今日の春日の　　      八乙女を　　　     神も嬉しと　　　     忍ばざらめや ）

  （mezurasiki   kyou no kasuga  no  yawotome wo 　 kami  mo ureshi to sinoba zarameya）　

The  photo shows the text up to “yawotome wo.”

 

（Emperor Uda is famous for having written in his diary that “my black cat is so cute.”）

 

Hiro

Edited 9 hours ago by Hiro

[Bruno]

Thanks a lot Hiro and Piers.

 

I forwarded it to the owner!