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Omikuji lot 41 of 100

Home Place in Smoke

末吉 Sue-kichi, Good fortune later

有物不周旋

須防損半邊

家鄉煙火裡

祈福始安然

Something does not go round as it should.

Be on guard against losing one half.

The home place, amid smoke and fire.

Pray for blessing, and calm begins.

What this lot says

An object or arrangement has stopped circulating properly, and half of something is at risk. The third line shows the home district in smoke and fire, words that can also mean no more than a village's cooking fires, so the sense is open. Prayer ends the verse, and with it a first settling.

Printed by the book as Sue-kichi, Good fortune later, this lot saves its one easy moment for the last line. Up to then the images are of things off balance.

In modern life, the first line might describe anything that has quietly stopped flowing between people or parts of a plan. Where has something stalled without anyone remarking on it?

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.