Inscriptions

Wahōtei Itonaga:\r\n\r\nThis year’s glory\r\nshall exceed the last’s—\r\nthe cockerel cries in spring,\r\nlong-accustomed to the peace,[comma?]\r\nof the lion-rousing drum.\r\n\r\n\r\nGoryūen:\r\n\r\n--At the close of the year \r\nspring has come! \r\nRays of sunlight stride \r\nthrough the clouds,\r\ntreading a familiar path.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAH translation done. 1/29/18. Revised 6/8/18.\r\n武家六歌仙　源三位頼政\r\nBuke Rokkasen　Minamoto Sanmi Yorimasa\r\n\r\nMinamoto Yorimasa at the Third Rank from the Six Immortal Warrior Poets\r\n\r\nPoem 1: 　和鳳亭　糸長　Wahoutei Itonaga\r\n\r\nyutakaki wa/ kozo yori masan/ mau shishi no\r\ntaiko ni naruru*/ tori no hatsu haru.\r\n\r\n--This year's glory will exceed the last's,\r\nas the lion dances to the\r\nfull-throated cries of the cock,\r\nlong-accustomed to the \r\nquiet of the signal (alarm?) drum.\r\n\r\n豊き八　こそよりまさん　まふ獅子の　\r\n太鼓尓なるゝ　とりの者川春\r\n\r\n\r\n*諫鼓鶏（かんこどり）indicates the peaceful reign where chickens walk around the alarm drum set in case of disaster (like water and fire hazzards) as it never alarms for such a long time. Here "taiko ni naruru" 太鼓に慣るる presents an opposite of the expectation for the drum for making a loud sound.　\r\n\r\n\r\nPoem 2: 五柳園　Goryuuen\r\n\r\nne no uchi ni/ haru wa kini ken/ kumo no ue\r\nfumi nareshi youni/ miyuru hi no ashi\r\n\r\n--At the close of the year \r\nspring has come! \r\nRays of sunlight stride \r\nthrough the clouds,\r\ntreading a familiar path.\r\n\r\n年の内尓　春八来尓介ん　雲の上\r\nふ三なれしやう尓　見ゆる日のあし\r\n\r\n\r\n