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春夏秋冬 (Shunkashuutou) Lyrics Reference

Hakumyu lyrics nerdposting!

The choruses of 春夏秋冬 (Shunkashuutou) (Spring Summer Autumn Winter), the opening song of Hakumyu Shinkai Hijikata-hen and Shinkai Toudou-hen, reference the famous opening line of "The Tale of the Heike," a classical Japanese epic about the Genpei War (12th century). The line is as follows:

祇園精舎の鐘の聲、諸行無常の響き有り。 沙羅雙樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顯す。 驕れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。 猛き者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。 Gionshōja no kane no koe, Shogyōmujō no hibiki ari. Sarasōju no hana no iro, Jōshahissui no kotowari wo arawasu. Ogoreru mono mo hisashikarazu, tada haru no yo no yume no gotoshi. Takeki mono mo tsui ni wa horobin(u), hitoeni kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji. The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind. –Chapter 1.1, Helen Craig McCullough's translation (Source: Wikipedia)

The line references several concepts in Buddhism, namely impermanence (諸行無常 shogyoumujou), and "the prosperous must decline" (盛者必衰 joushahissui). 祇園精舎 Gion Shouja refers to the famous Buddhist temple Jetavana. 沙羅雙樹 Sarasouju the sāla flowers/tree is used in Buddhism as a symbol of impermanence and fleeting glory due to its brief flowering period (sound familiar?).

The first chorus of 春夏秋冬 (with romanisation and translation) goes:

祇園精舎　鐘が聞こえる Gionshouja kane ga kikoeru The bells of Gion Shouja ring ついにこの時が来たぜ Tsui ni kono toki ga kita ze At last, the time has come 諸行無常　響き渡れば Shogyoumujou hibiki watareba They echo the impermanence of all things 時代が動き出す Jidai ga ugokidasu The times move on 沙羅双樹の　白き花びら Sarasouju no shiroki hanabira The white petals of the sala flowers 返り血で赤く染めて Kaeri chi de akaku somete Are dyed red with the blood we spill 盛者必衰　理知れば Joushahissui kotowari shireba Once you know the truth that the prosperous must decline 武士としての夢が始まる Bushi toshite no yume ga hajimaru The dream of a warrior begins

The references to "The Tale of Heike" are alternated with lines about the story of the Shinsengumi/Hakuouki. The final chorus returns to this:

祇園精舎　鐘が止まって Gion shouja kane ga tomatte The bells of Gion Shouja cease 春の夢終わり告げる Haru no yume owari tsugeru Signaling the end of a spring dream 諸行無常　おごれる者は Shogyoumujou ogoreru mono wa All things are impermanent, the mighty remain 夏の夢に酔いしれ Natsu no yume ni yoishire Lost within a summer’s dream 娑羅双樹が赤く染まって Sarasouju ga akaku somatte The sala petals are dyed red 始まるが　秋たそがれ Hajimaru ga aki tasogare What begins now is the twilight of autumn 盛者必衰　夢が散る冬 Joushahissui yume ga chiru fuyu The prosperous must decline as the dreams scatter in winter 見せてやるぜ　夢の行く末 Misete yaru ze yume no yukusue We’ll show you where our dream ends

The lyrics now refer to the "end," along with mentions of the four seasons, hence the title. Spring ends, those who can't move on remain trapped in bygone summer, autumn moves on, and their dreams end in winter - but it's a beautiful ending that they will show you.

Bonus: ヤイサ！ヤイサ！ヤイサ！Yaisa! Yaisa! Yaisa! also referenced the same Heike line.

(P.S. Apologies to my academics that my sources here are Wikipedia. If you wish to go into more depth on this topic (or any!), I encourage you to use this as a starting point with which to explore more varied and quality sources.)

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The Four Seasons' Proxies and their Servants. Taken from the official artist Suou's account

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...and to be very very veryyyy honest, even though I post a looot of stuffs about Hiroto, I actually (almost) don't have bias in Alice Nine🥺👉👈

I've been in different fandoms before but Alice Nine is truly the only band with members that I can imagine I can get along well with all of them 🥺🥺🥺

I mean, Shou loved my covers on Twitter several times. Hiroto also loved my covers and he answered my questions I submitted to his Voicy, Nao quote retweeted my cover (Tora and Saga basically don't give a damn to this world lol 🤣🤣🤣)

I really love this band 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I wish I could go watch their live someday!

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Song: Shunkashuutou (春夏秋冬) Band: alice nine Album: ALICE IN WONDER LAND Release: November 23th, 2005

366 days song challenge - Day 148

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Hearing about release of new VE book made me remember how I was so sad when the series ended. Like, we hadn’t enough of other characters like dietfred, lux. At least we need akatsuki sensei to confirm the brother relationship between Violet and Benedict before we die 😭😭 .

I don’t know, I think we got enough of Dietfried to know what we need about him, but I totally wish we knew where Lux is from and how she ended up in the cult. I also wish we knew more about Cattleya. She apparently had a boxer era and she was the youngest of 9 kids, as far as I remember, but that’s all we know of her. We also know jack shit about Hodgins. It’s really a pity.

As for whether Violet and Benedict are real siblings or not… damn, that’s probably what makes me the most mad about not knowing which one it is. I know we’re supposed to imagine our own conclusions and that either way is fine because they’re siblings at heart now, but fuck me, I still wanted to know more about their past and how they became like this. Shunkashuutou offers hints of this with Rindou and Nadeshiko (I’m pretty sure Nadeshiko’s design is a child version of the woman that Benedict saved in his Gaiden chapter, except brunette instead of blonde), but I still wanted concrete answers. 🥹

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