Editing Utamakura (section)

==Examples==

There are numerous instances of {{transliteration|ja|utamakura}} in Japanese literature, one of which is the {{transliteration|ja|[[Kokin Wakashū|Kokinshū]]}}. The source of this particular {{transliteration|ja|utamakura}} example is poem #3 in the "Spring" section.{{Clarify|date=May 2024}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Kokin Wakashū |chapter=Spring. No. 3|url=http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-japanese?specfile=/web/data/japanese/search/japanese.o2w&act=surround&lang=en&offset=44095026&id=CookKok&query=Where+are+the+promised |via=[[University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative|Japanese Text Initiative]] |publisher=University of Virginia Library |year=2004 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>
{{Verse translation|
{{transliteration|ja|harugasumi
tateru ya izuko
Miyoshino no
Yoshino no yama ni
yuki wa furitsutsu}}
|attr1=Anonymous|
Where are the promised
mists of spring?
In Yoshino, fair hills
of Yoshino, snow
falling still|attr2=Translated by Lewis Cook}}

In the poem above, [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]] refers to a place in the [[Yamato Province|Yamato region]] in the nearby of the capital. Yoshino is known for having both heavy snowfall and an abundance of cherry blossoms.

Poem #1 in "Spring 1" of ''[[Shin Kokin Wakashū]]'' also uses ''Yoshino'' for depicting the beginning of spring.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shinkokinshu |url=http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/shinkokinshu/index.html |work=[[University of Virginia Japanese Text Initiative|Japanese Text Initiative]] |publisher=University of Virginia Library |date=1 August 1999 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Carter1993">{{cite book|last=Carter|first=Steven D.|title=Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dq7TOrkTCP0C&pg=PA510|year=1993|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-2212-4|page=172}}</ref>
{{Verse translation|
{{lang|ja-Latn|Miyoshino wa
yama mo kasumite
shirayuki no
furinishi sato ni
haru wa kinikeri}}
|attr1=The Regent Prime Minister<br />([[Kujō Yoshitsune]])|
Fair ''Yoshino,'' mountains
now wrapped in mist:
to the village where snow
was falling
spring has come.|attr2=Translated by Lewis Cook}}

Another instance of poetic place name comes from ''[[Tales of Ise]]'', a piece titled "In the Provinces" (#15).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ise Monogatari |url=http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/ise/index.html |work=Japanese Text Initiative |publisher=University of Virginia Library |date=11 November 1998 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=McCullough |first=Helen Craig |title=Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth - Century Japan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ol_MOUZmpMC|year=1968 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-0653-7 |page=80}}</ref>
{{Verse translation|
{{lang|ja-Latn|Shinobuyama
shinobite kayou
michi mogana
hito no kokoro no
oku no miru beku}}
|
I long to find a path
to the depths of Mount ''Shinobu''
that I might fathom
the secrets
of another's heart.|attr2=Translated by Jamie Newhard<br />and Lewis Cook}}

''Mount Shinobu'' is a pun on the verb ''shinobu,'' meaning "to conceal," "endure," "long for," and "remember".

===Contemporary examples===

''Utamakura'' are also used outside of poetry, for example menu items named after their visual appearance with a reference to a well-known Japanese scenic area. ''Tatsuta age'', deep-fried fish or chicken that has a dark reddish-brown color as a result of being marinated in soy sauce, is named after the [[Tatsuta River]], known for its maple trees, the leaves of which turn a deep red color in autumn.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andoh|first=Elizabeth|title=Japanese Menu Names|url=http://www.bento.com/ta-name.html|access-date=28 July 2013|newspaper=Daily Yomiuri|date=8 November 1997}}</ref>