Friday, September 04, 2020

Plus ça change …

… First Known When Lost: Heraclitus in Japan.

Asukagawa means "Asuka River." However, McCullough translates it as: "the River of Tomorrow."  She provides this explanation:  "The first part of the river name Asuka is homophonous with asu ('tomorrow').  This famous poem made the Asuka and its vagrant channel a symbol of change."  (Ibid, page 205.)
"The River of Tomorrow" is quite lovely, isn't it? 

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