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- kane 鐘 bell, temple bell -
. WKD : Bell, temple bell (kane 鐘) .
There were various types of large bells in the Edo period, mostly located in temples and some in the towns to tell the time.
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花の雲鐘は上野か浅草か
. hana no kumo kane wa Ueno ka Asakusa ka .
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iriai no kane 入逢の鐘 the time-telling bell at sunset
入逢の鐘もきこえず春の暮
iriai no kane mo kikoezu haru no kure
I do not even hear
the bell at sunset -
this spring evening
Tr. Gabi Greve
The hokku has the word MO at the end of line 1.
not even ... since in another version, Basho tells us that in this poor village there was not even a sunset bell to be rung.
Written on the 29th day of the 3rd lunar month
元禄2年3月29日 at Kanuma town 鹿沼市, Oku no Hosomichi
It is maybe just another version of the famous
. kane tsukanu sato wa nani o ka haru no kure .
the sunset bell too
cannot be heared:
spring evening
Tr. Barnhill
The sunset bell
goes unheard
on this spring evening.
Tr. McAuley
The tolling for the parting day
I hear not -
This spring sunset.
Tr. Takafumi Saito
With reference to this waka by Monk Nooin 能因法師 Noin
新古今和歌集
yamazato no
haru no yuugure
kite mireba
iriai no kane ni
hana zo chirikeru
Spring nightfall
in a mountain village
where, at the sound of a bell
tolling the close of a day,
cherry blossoms keep falling.
Tr. Ueda
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鐘消えて花の香は撞く夕哉
. kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yuube kana .
鐘撞かぬ里は何をか春の暮
. kane tsukanu sato wa nani o ka haru no kure .
(see above)
月いづく鐘は沈める海の底
. tsuki izuku kane wa shizumeru umi no soko .
The mystery background story of the war bell at the bottom of the sea
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tsurigane 撞鐘 monk ringing the tempel bell
撞鐘もひびくやうなり蝉の声
tsukigane mo hibiku yoo nari semi no koe
(sukigane mo / hibiku yo nari / semi no koe)
the temple bell too
seems to be ringing:
cicada's cry
Tr. Barnhill
the temple bell too
seems to start ringing -
cicada's screech
Tr. Ueda
Written in the summer of 1688 貞亨5年.
At the ruins of castle of Mount Inabayama 稲葉山 near river Naragawa 長良川 in Gifu.
Even among the shrilling of the cicadas suddenly the bell can be heared reveberating.
. Inabayama 稲葉山 and Juuhachiro no Ki 十八楼ノ記 Tower of Eighteen - .
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. WKD : Bell, temple bell (kane 鐘) .
hanging temple bell, tsurigane 釣鐘
"crocodile's mouth", waniguchi 鰐口
bronze bell, dootaku 銅鐸
small bell, suzu 鈴
toki no kane 時の鐘 the bell to tell the time
asamutsu ya tsukimi no tabi no ake-banare
. akemutsu 明け六つ the sixth double-hour of the morning .
kuremutsu 暮れ六つ the sixth double-hour of the evening
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