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.
- 元三大師百籖和解, recut 1813, Kyoto University Library
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- 元三大師百籤, 1684, Tohoku University Main Library
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Our own English. The kana commentary printed under each verse in the old books was not read.