pessimism from the idea of a degenerate age
A yojijukugo rooted in the Buddhist concept of mappō (the Latter Day of the Law), referring to a worldview that sees the present era as one of decline and moral decay.
Pessimism based on the idea of a degenerate age spread among the nobility at the end of the Heian period.
His works are deeply influenced by the worldview of a degenerate age.