Metaphorical Song - Hiyuka

Japanese: 譬喩歌 - ひゆか
Metaphorical Song - Hiyuka

One of the classifications of poems in the Manyoshu. Along with poems about "straightforward thoughts" and "thoughts on objects," the Manyoshu also lists "metaphorical" poems that express only things and compare what is in one's heart, and is one of the three classifications of poems based on the method of expression. The Manyoshu also lists three classifications based on the circumstances and motives of the poem: miscellaneous poems, love poems, and elegies, but these classifications are based on different criteria. In metaphorical poems, the inner thoughts are hidden by what is expressed in the poem and are not directly expressed, and are limited to love poems. "I dyed my robe in the purple grass that grows in Tsukumano, and before I had even put it on, it came out in color" (Manyoshu). The reason this classification name does not appear after the Heian period is probably because metaphorical expressions became common in waka poetry.

[Eizo Arai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

『万葉集』の歌の分類の一つ。『万葉集』では「正述心緒(ただにおもひをのぶる)」の歌、「寄物陳思(ものによせておもひをのぶる)」の歌とともに、物のみを表に出して心に思うことをたとえる「譬喩」の歌をたてており、表現方法を基とした歌の3分類の一つである。なお、『万葉集』では、歌を詠んだ事情や動機を基に、雑歌(ぞうか)、相聞(そうもん)、挽歌(ばんか)の3分類もたてているが、これとは異なった分類基準による分け方である。譬喩歌では、心の思いは、歌の表に出したものに隠されて直接には表現されず、また、恋歌に限られている。「託馬野(つくまの)に生ふる紫草衣(むらさききぬ)に染(し)めいまだ着ずして色に出でにけり」(万葉集)。平安時代以後この分類名がみられないのは、和歌において譬喩的表現が一般化したためであろう。

[新井栄蔵]

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