Talk:Iroha, the Master Calligrapher/@comment-25057891-20170623092447

This card is named after the Iroha.

The Iroha (いろは or 伊呂波) is a Japanese poem written during the Heian era, often credited with a Buddhist monk named Kūkai, who founded Shingon Buddhism, as well as invented Kana. It is the Japanese equivalent to the English: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," because it contains each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once. It (the archaic version) goes like so (written in Rōmaji):

Iro ha nihoheto Chirinuru wo Wa ka yo tare so Tsune naramu Uwi no okuyama Kefu koete Asaki yume mishi Wehi mo sesu

Translated, it means (according to a Japanese professor):

Although its scent still lingers on the form of a flower has scattered away For whom will the glory of this world remain unchanged? Arriving today at the yonder side of the deep mountains of evanescent existence We shall never allow ourselves to drift away intoxicated, in the world of shallow dreams.