{"id":44,"date":"2021-11-17T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T03:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2021-11-18T00:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T07:13:39","slug":"yatsuhashi-eight-bridges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/yatsuhashi-eight-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-44-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/Yatsuhashi-podcast-smaller.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/Yatsuhashi-podcast-smaller.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/Yatsuhashi-podcast-smaller.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-134x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-134x300.jpeg 134w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-459x1024.jpeg 459w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-768x1714.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-688x1536.jpeg 688w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-918x2048.jpeg 918w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-624x1393.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wakawalk\/files\/2021\/11\/bridges_30724_16392773_3543e85f-0666-6f2b-1f79-88e196a9147e-scaled.jpeg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Created by Raymond, Julia, Michelle H, Risha, Grace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetic episode cited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tales of Ise<\/em>, Episode 9, translated by Helen Craig McCullough.<\/p>\n<p>Once a certain man decided that it as useless for him to remain in the capital. With one or two old friends, he set out toward the east in search of a province in which to settle. Since none of the party knew the way, they blundered ahead as best the could, until in time they arrived at a place called Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province. (It was a spot where the waters of a river branched into eight channels, each with a bridge, and thus it had come to be called Yatsuhashi\u2014\u201cEight Bridges.\u201d) Dismounting to sit under a tree near this marshy area, they ate a meal of parched rice. Someone glanced at the clumps of irises that were blooming luxuriantly in the swamp. \u201cCompose a poem on the subject, \u2018A Traveler\u2019s Sentiments,\u2019 beginning each line with a syllable from the word \u2018iris\u2019 [<em>kakitsubata<\/em>],\u201d he said. The man recited,<\/p>\n<p>Karagoromo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have a beloved wife<\/p>\n<p>Kitsutsu narenishi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Familiar as the skirt<\/p>\n<p>Tsuma shi areba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of a well-worn rove,<\/p>\n<p>Harubaru kinuru\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And so this distant journeying<\/p>\n<p>Tabi o shi zo omou\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fills my heard with grief.<\/p>\n<p>They all wept onto their dried rice until it swelled with the moisture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conder, J. (1912). Chapter 8. Garden Bridges. In Landscape Gardening in Japan. essay,<br \/>\nShuyeisha, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Eight-Platform bridge (Yatsuhashi), from THE &#8220;Tale of Ise (Ise Monogatari)&#8221;. The Art Institute of<br \/>\nChicago. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2021, from<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/19977\/eight-platform-bridge-yatsuhashi-from-the-tale-of-is<br \/>\ne-ise-monogatari.<\/p>\n<p>Greve, G. (2005, June 3). WKD &#8211; Kakitsubata Summer Iris. WKD &#8211; kakitsubata Summer Iris.<br \/>\nRetrieved from https:\/\/happyhaiku.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/summer-iris.html.<br \/>\nIrises (Kakitsubata) by Ogata Korin. Irises, main. (n.d.). Retrieved from<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/itc\/ealac\/schirokauer\/iris\/.<\/p>\n<p>Kuitert, W. (2014). &#8220;Japanese Art, Aesthetics, and a European Discourse: Unraveling<br \/>\nSharawadgi.&#8221; <em>Japan Review<\/em>, 27, 77\u2013101. http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23849571<\/p>\n<p>McCullough, H. C. (1990). &#8220;Tales of Ise.&#8221; In <em>Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology<\/em> (pp.<br \/>\n74\u201375). essay, Stanford University Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u014ctani, S. (2021). Chapter 7: The Structure of the Noh Play Kakitsubata: Zenchiku\u2019s Method. In<br \/>\nJ. S. Mostow, T. Yamamoto, &amp; K. Hanlon (Eds.), <em>An Ise monogatari Reader: Contexts<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and receptions<\/em> (p. 151). essay, Brill.<\/p>\n<p>Takagi, N. (2020, August 29). &#8216;Tales of ISE&#8217;: The book where Japanese literature found beauty.<br \/>\nNikkei Asia. Retrieved from<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Life-Arts\/Arts\/Tales-of-Ise-the-book-where-Japanese-literature-fou<br \/>\nnd-beauty.<\/p>\n<p>yatsuhashi \u516b\u6a4b. \u6e25\u7f8e\u8ca1\u56e3. (2001). Retrieved from<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.aisf.or.jp\/~jaanus\/deta\/y\/yatsuhashi.htm.<\/p>\n<p>\u3046\u308b\u306f\u3057\u306e\u610f\u5473. \u53e4\u6587\u8f9e\u66f8 &#8211; Weblio\u53e4\u8a9e\u8f9e\u5178. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2021, from<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/kobun.weblio.jp\/content\/%E3%81%86%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AF%E3%81%97.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Created by Raymond, Julia, Michelle H, Risha, Grace. Poetic episode cited Tales of Ise, Episode 9, translated by Helen Craig McCullough. Once a certain man decided that it as useless for him to remain in the capital. 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