Manyo Ink in Love

“Manyoshu“ contains many poems composed with loved ones in mind.

We have selected poems about unrequited love and made the nature that appears in the poems into ink.

We will provide bottled ink with a limited label that has been foil-stamped.

Here are the poems that served as the basis for each of the inks.

Yu 夕 -Sunset-

↓The waka poem we referred to is here↓

As evening fallks, I gaze at the clouds, lost in contemplation. Thinking of my lover, who is like the unreachable sky, far beyond my reach.

Tsuyu 露 -Dew-

↓The waka poem we referred to is here↓

Please don’t ask me “who is there?“ as I wait for you, drenched in the dew of September.

Ishi 石 -Pebble-

↓The waka poem we referred to is here↓

Even the small stones in the river, if you have tread upon them, let me pick them up thinking of them as precious gems.

Asagiri 朝霧 -Morning Fog-

↓The waka poem we referred to is here↓

Because we have only met vaguely, like the morning fog, I continue to love you as if my life were about to end.

Himeyuri 姫百合 -Starlily-

↓The waka poem we referred to is here↓

Like the star lily blooming in the thicket of a summer field, unknown to anyone, my love remains a painful and poignant secret.