橋はし場ばの煙けむり

noun

cremation smoke

Archaic term referring to the smoke rising from a cremation, specifically at a bridge-side cremation ground (橋場). Used in classical literature.

• 古こ典てんでは「橋はし場ばの煙けむり」が無む常じょう観かんを表あらわす情じょう景けいとして詠よまれることがある。

  In classical literature, 'hashiba no kemuri' is sometimes used as a scene expressing the transience of life.