Issa, 1795 age 33
the servants
all are new...
Little New Year's
meshi tsukai atarashiki kana ko sho^gatsu
召仕新しき哉小正月
Little New Year's is celebrated on the 15th and 16th days of First Month. Meshi tsukau is an old expression for a nobleman sending for a person to come and render a service; Kogo dai jiten (Shogakukan 1983) 1612. Shinji Ogawa notes that in Issa's time, this phrase could signify any one of a wide range of employees, from samurai to maids.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/ by David Lanoue.
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2 comments:
resonating beginnings
much love
gillena
hank you Gillena san,
arigatou gozaimasu.
sakuo.
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