horrible (awesome) rewrites of classic poetry about samurai.
Okay, this is kind of awesome even if I have only heard translations for a couple of them.
If you're familiar with the Sengoku period, you may have heard that old set of poems about what each of the three unifiers would do with a cuckoo:
Nakanu nara, koroshite shimae, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.)
Nakanu nara, nakashite miseyou, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, coax it.)
Nakanu nara, naku made matou, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, wait for it.)
Nobunaga, known for his ruthlessness, is the subject of the first; Hideyoshi, known for his resourcefulness, is the subject of the second; and Ieyasu, known for his perseverance, is the subject of the third verse.
(Thank you, Wikipedia.)
So MUSOU BLOG HAS THIS THING. There is a new verse there for every character in Samurai Warriors...about what they would do with the cuckoo. I sadly only have heard translations for a couple (and my Japanese is far too rusty to get more without breaking out several dictionaries), but they are kind of awesome. (Ina would shoot the cuckoo! Masamune just starts yelling about imbeciles!)
And as for Hanbei:
If the cuckoo does not sing, I'll sleep while I wait.
I love this so much.
If you're familiar with the Sengoku period, you may have heard that old set of poems about what each of the three unifiers would do with a cuckoo:
Nakanu nara, koroshite shimae, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.)
Nakanu nara, nakashite miseyou, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, coax it.)
Nakanu nara, naku made matou, hototogisu (If the cuckoo does not sing, wait for it.)
Nobunaga, known for his ruthlessness, is the subject of the first; Hideyoshi, known for his resourcefulness, is the subject of the second; and Ieyasu, known for his perseverance, is the subject of the third verse.
(Thank you, Wikipedia.)
So MUSOU BLOG HAS THIS THING. There is a new verse there for every character in Samurai Warriors...about what they would do with the cuckoo. I sadly only have heard translations for a couple (and my Japanese is far too rusty to get more without breaking out several dictionaries), but they are kind of awesome. (Ina would shoot the cuckoo! Masamune just starts yelling about imbeciles!)
And as for Hanbei:
If the cuckoo does not sing, I'll sleep while I wait.
I love this so much.