| It is a collection compiled while the idea of wabi (taste for the simple and quiet) and sabi (tranquility) matured most, expressing yugen (subtle and profound beauty) kanjaku (quiet), so both hokku and renku in the collection are the best models in the whole country. |
わびさびのもっとも円熟した時期の集であり、真に幽玄閑寂の風をあらわし、発句、連句ともに天下の亀鑑であるとされる。 |