Year
Translation
Inside the Mountain Temple
A full bloom
But outside, they do not know
Japanese
うち山や外様しらずの花盛り
Pronunciation
Uchiyama ya
Tozama shira-zu no
Hana-zakari
Literal Notes
[Inside Mountain = Uchiyama (temple in Nara)]
Outsider/visitor-from-outside/non-Tokugawa-feudal-lord know not ’s
Blossoms-in-full-bloom/blossom-viewing-party/a-woman’s-peak-beauty-age
The Uchiyama Temple was an esoteric Buddhist sect closed to outsiders, who could not see when the flowers bloomed inside.
The Uchiyama Temple was an esoteric Buddhist sect closed to outsiders, who could not see when the flowers bloomed inside.