Cast & Chart

Omikuji lot 29 of 100

Rough Road Melting Away

吉 Kichi, Good fortune

憂轗漸消融

求名得再通

寳財臨禄位

當遇主人公

Worry and hard going melt away bit by bit.

The search for a name gets through again.

Treasure comes to the seat of office.

The master of the house should be met.

What this lot says

Anxiety and the bumps of a rough road dissolve slowly. A reputation that had stalled begins to move. Valuables arrive at a place of rank, and the verse ends with a meeting with the head of the household.

In the book the printed grade reads Kichi, Good fortune. Melting is the opening image, and the later lines describe things reaching where they were headed, which matches the grade.

In a present-day setting, the verse suggests a stalled effort that begins to loosen without any single dramatic event. Who is the master of the house in the situation you have in mind?

A lot is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.

The printed text

No differences from the 1684 printing are recorded for this lot.

Credits

The verse and grade were read from the two scanned printings named here. The title, translation and reading are our own and modern.

Our own English. The kana commentary printed under each verse in the old books was not read.