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Like summer, winter is a short book with a single overriding image: snow. Also like summer, there is a narrow range of responses compared to the longer and more varied spring or autumn books. Despite this, I was surprised to find myself moved by some of the stark black-and-white imagery -- for there are hints of what would in medieval times develop into the aesthetics of wabi-sabi, especially the aspects dealing with austere beauty.
But mostly, it's about the isolation of heavy drifts in an age without snowplows. Keep in mind, while reading these, that the Kyoto area had heavier winters in the Heian period than today.
( Kokinshu VI:314-342 )
And with that, the seasons come round to where we started. Book VII takes the collection in an entirely new, more social direction. It's another short one, so I should have it in two months or so.
(Index for this series)
---L.
But mostly, it's about the isolation of heavy drifts in an age without snowplows. Keep in mind, while reading these, that the Kyoto area had heavier winters in the Heian period than today.
( Kokinshu VI:314-342 )
And with that, the seasons come round to where we started. Book VII takes the collection in an entirely new, more social direction. It's another short one, so I should have it in two months or so.
(Index for this series)
---L.