Cast & Chart

Omikuji lot 9 of 100

Flower and Fruit in Season

大吉 Dai-kichi, Great good fortune

有名須得遇

三望一期遷

貴人來指處

華菓應時鮮

A name, and it must meet its moment.

Three full moons make one term, then a move.

Where a person of high standing comes and points,

flower and fruit are fresh in their season.

What this lot says

A reputation waits for the right encounter. Three full moons pass and a change of place follows, though that second line is terse and our reading of it is tentative. Someone of rank arrives and gestures toward a spot, and the blossoms and fruit there come out fresh when their time comes.

Printed in the book as Dai-kichi, Great good fortune, the lot pairs an arrival with a harvest. Nothing in the picture is forced, and the high grade rests on that ease.

Brought forward to the present, this is about readiness meeting recognition after a measured wait. Consider what has been ripening in your own work on a calendar you did not set.

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.