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ランプの影
正岡子規
中級 Intermediate新字新仮名1900年(明治)
Sentence Count
71
Reading Time
~10 min
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Original Script
Introduction
病床の正岡子規が、天井板の木目やランプの火影に次々と人の顔を見いだす随筆です。執筆で疲れた夜、揺れる光が天狗、武者、肺病患者、死人へと移り変わって見えるさまを、鋭い観察と静かなユーモアで描いています。
English Note
In this short essay, Masaoka Shiki lies confined to his sickbed and begins seeing faces in the ceiling's wood grain and the wavering reflection of a lamp. With precise observation and quiet humor, he records how the shifting light becomes a tengu, a warrior, a patient, and finally the face of the dead.
Sample Passage
A short taste of the text.
病の牀に仰向に寐てつまらなさに天井を睨んで居ると天井板の木目が人の顔に見える。