KARIGANE - Goose Sound

Yugao’s transient life and its sorrow are expressed in the goose who flies back to the sky.

儚く逝った夕顔。その悲しみを夕暮れの空に飛んで行く雁の群で表現。

Code:KL-G005

CATEGORY: Genji

Away from the ceremonial life in imperial court, Genji met Yugao, who lived in a shabby neighborhood house, when he happened to ask the name of a flower there. The ordinary scene is one of those working and the sound of a goose flying into sky. 

-Yugao story-

厳かな貴族の生活を離れ、侘びしい佇まいの隣家に咲く花の名を尋ねたことをきっかけに、その家の女性、夕顔と会う光源氏。庶民の生業に励む様子と空を飛んで行く雁の音が聞こえてくる。

夕顔の帖より

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