十九 [Voice Post]

[revengeisalie]

Yesterday's curse was pretty interesting! "Rhymes" are a totally new thing to me - we don't really have them in traditional Japanese poetry. It's more about syllable counts and stuff. But a lot of people seemed at least familiar with it. I wonder - what cultures are they native to? Does it have anything to do with the language they are written in? Will there be Japanese poems with rhymes in the future?

And though I wasn't affected, the curse day seemed to want to give me a nudge or something - at any rate, my visit at the library yielded me the kutone shirika! It's an epic from the Ezo people. That's pretty much all I knew about it. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure where from. Maybe I picked it up from some conversation I overheard in a tea house or something. It certainly wasn't part of my education, because, you know, the Ezo people - they're just "those barbarians up north" to most. It's a whole legend told in verses. There are some pretty vivid descriptions in it! Like in this passage:

" So this was our Castle!
Never could I have guessed
How beautiful it was.
The fencing done long ago
Standing so crooked;
The new fencing
So high and straight.
The old fencing like a black cloud,
The new fencing like a white cloud.
They stretched around the castle
Like a great mass of cloud--
So pleasant, so lovely!
The crossbars laid on top
Zigzagged as the fence ran."

... that shall be enough - guess most of you are pretty tired of poems since yesterday? Ahahah. I tried my hand at poetry a few times, but I don't think I'm very good at it. Guess it's not really where my talents lie. I wonder if I have any talent, really.

Anyway! I heard there are flowers blooming in the gardens. Anyone want to go?

(OOC: So it's really spelled kutune shirka, but not like Rin knows that.)

Comments

[pitfallen.livejournal.com]

I dunno about poems, but I'm pretty sure songs these days have rhymes in 'em. I never really pay too much attention to that kinda thing, though.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Ah, really? Do you know any possible examples, per chance?

[Voice]

[pitfallen.livejournal.com]

Not really. Just stuff I heard in TV jingles while out working. Like I said, I never paid that much attention.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Well, guess I'll try and pay attention, if I hear something like that, then.

[Voice]

[seeking-heat.livejournal.com]

Actually, the correct spelling would be kutune shirka. Fairly easy to mispronounce, that title.

[ooc: Akiha's a nitpicky bitch. And holds more knowledge of Japanese literature than I.]

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Really? I wasn't aware. Thanks for telling me.

[Voice]

[seeking-heat.livejournal.com]

It's not a problem. In fact, it's refreshing to see someone else showing interest in classic literature.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Is it classic literature? Truth be told, I don't think I know too much about it.

[reginagloriae]

I'll have to ask about poetry in the kingdoms to Keiki or Enki. You got me curious.

Huh. I'll like to go.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Tell me what you find out, if you do! What language do they speak there, anyway?

Alright! Today, still?

[Voice]

[reginagloriae]

Kaikyaku, the people of Japan, say is like Chinese but not the same. Huh. I'm not entirely sure because I've arrived knowing all languages.

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[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Is that another effect of your being Empress?

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[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

Who are the Ezo people?

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[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Ezo is the island to the north of Japan's mainland, which is called Honshū. The Ezo people are a folk that lives there. They're not Japanese.

[aibyoukaonigiri.livejournal.com]

So you are more familiar with haiku?

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

For example!

[ninefingered.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do love rhymes, although I was unfortunately unaffected yesterday.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Really? Do you make them yourself, on occasion?

[ninefingered.livejournal.com]

Only when inspiration finds me.

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

I don't think that I'm very good with poems, either.

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

Hahaha... can't have everything, eh?

[Voice]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[directions-plz.livejournal.com]

I think Akane-san would like the flowers. Do you think I could pick them?

[Voice]

[revengeisalie.livejournal.com]

I don't know - and I'm not sure who to ask, either.

[Voice]

[directions-plz.livejournal.com]

Let's go visit anyway.