VOLUME-3
☆Dazai Outpost Office Chief The Lord Ootomo-no Tabito’s poem:
One of 13 odes to Sake:
験なき
ものを思はずは
一坏の
濁れる酒を
飲むべくあるらし
（大伴旅人卿 巻3-338）
Shirushi naki
Monowo omohazuha
Hitotsukino
Nigoreru sake-wo
Nomubeku arurashi
Rather than brooding
Over all those idle things,
You might as well sip
A bowl of Cloudy Sake –
It’d be much better, so they say!
(Vol.3-338)
A good excuse for drinking – now and past! Cloudy Sake (nigorizake) is a raw sake made from under-refined rice, and comes appearing in a cloudy, dull quality, yet giving a taste of native life. Nigorizake may correspond to bisque, if we liken Seishu(clear sake) to consommé, picking soups, for instance.
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