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Japanese term or phrase:
人間五十年
English translation:
Life is merely 50 years
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Japanese term
人間五十年
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人間五十年...下天の内をくらぶれば
I think this is a song/sentence said by 織田信長. What does it mean?
I found this reference in http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/sl001026/nob.html
I think this is a song/sentence said by 織田信長. What does it mean?
I found this reference in http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/sl001026/nob.html
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Life is merely 50 years
"Life is merely 50 years Looking at things under heaven Everything is nothing but dream and illusion"
These were famous "last" words by Nobunaga Oda, as he was assassinated at the age of 48.
check this link:
http://www.rwcp.or.jp/rwc-news/06e/aoyagi2.html
These were famous "last" words by Nobunaga Oda, as he was assassinated at the age of 48.
check this link:
http://www.rwcp.or.jp/rwc-news/06e/aoyagi2.html
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\"Man\'s 50 years are like passing dreams or visions,
in comparison with the everlasting cause in the universe.
Once given life,should there be any man that doesn\'t perish?
Should there be any man that dosen\'t perish?\"
In another translation, it says \"Life is merely 50 years / Looking at things under heaven / Everything is nothing but dream and illusion\".
in comparison with the everlasting cause in the universe.
Once given life,should there be any man that doesn\'t perish?
Should there be any man that dosen\'t perish?\"
In another translation, it says \"Life is merely 50 years / Looking at things under heaven / Everything is nothing but dream and illusion\".
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Oda's life - age 50 - had been so short like a dream. No one lives without dying
Oda Nobunaga's life was ended his age 49 (50 in different way of count). He had been living exciting life and unified the most part of Japan in his era. Thinking about his 50-year was very short like seeing a day-dream.
Here is the whole sentence for you.
人間五十年、下天のうちをくらぶれば、夢幻の如くなり。
一度生を得て、滅せぬ者のあるべきか。
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桶狭間の戦、長篠の戦、金ヶ崎からの撤退、比叡山の焼き討ち、長島・越前での一向門徒の大量虐殺、身分無視の人材登用、豪華絢爛な安土城の建設、鉄船の建造、関所の廃止、幹線道路の整備、楽市楽座。挙げればきりがない程天才、奇才ぶりを発揮した織田信長。
中世的な支配体制の一掃と近世的支配体制の整備を押し進めた信長は、一方で日本史上類希なる独裁者として君臨した。自身の実力に対する過信、仏教者に対する残虐性、家臣に対する酷薄さが本能寺の変を引き起こしてしまったが、この最期も信長のフィナーレにふさわしく、まるで....
http://plaza2.mbn.or.jp/‾nari/
Here is the whole sentence for you.
人間五十年、下天のうちをくらぶれば、夢幻の如くなり。
一度生を得て、滅せぬ者のあるべきか。
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桶狭間の戦、長篠の戦、金ヶ崎からの撤退、比叡山の焼き討ち、長島・越前での一向門徒の大量虐殺、身分無視の人材登用、豪華絢爛な安土城の建設、鉄船の建造、関所の廃止、幹線道路の整備、楽市楽座。挙げればきりがない程天才、奇才ぶりを発揮した織田信長。
中世的な支配体制の一掃と近世的支配体制の整備を押し進めた信長は、一方で日本史上類希なる独裁者として君臨した。自身の実力に対する過信、仏教者に対する残虐性、家臣に対する酷薄さが本能寺の変を引き起こしてしまったが、この最期も信長のフィナーレにふさわしく、まるで....
http://plaza2.mbn.or.jp/‾nari/
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That is life; it is as short as 50 years.
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