誰ひとりうき世の旅をのがるべき
のぼれば下るあふ坂の関
Tare hitori ukiyo no tabi o nogaru beki
noboreba kudaru osaka no seki
Nobody's able to escape from the travel of floating world Going up and down a barrier of Meeting Slope
Maeda Keijiro (?-1612)
Born in Aichi Prefecture. Died in Yamagata Prefecture.
From "Dochu Nikki (道中日記)".
a barrier of Meeting Slope : A barrier between Kyoto and Shiga Prefecture. In Japanese "Osaka no Seki (逢坂の関)"
7 Nov 2008 立冬