286Japanese quotation 名言
春はあけぼの
はるはあけぼのHaru wa akebono
“In spring, it is the dawn.”
The meaning
Each season has its most beautiful hour: dawn in spring, night in summer, dusk in autumn, early morning in winter. The art of living begins with knowing when to look.
At the origin
The opening of Sei Shōnagon's "Pillow Book" (around the year 1000), one of the most famous openings in Japanese literature.
The characters
- 春 haruspring
- は watopic marker
- あけぼの
はParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.
In practice
Find the most beautiful hour of your own day — and be present for it.
Themes
Similar proverbs
- 167 春の海ひねもすのたりのたりかな The spring sea — all day long it swells and gently swells.
- 215 行く春や鳥啼き魚の目は泪 Departing spring — birds cry, and there are tears in the eyes of fish.
- 232 春や昔十五万石の城下かな Spring — long ago, a proud castle town of a hundred fifty thousand koku.
- 101 月に叢雲、花に風 Over the moon, gathering clouds; over blossoms, wind.
- 106 秋の日は釣瓶落とし The autumn sun drops like a well bucket.