余よ芳ほう

noun

lingering fragrance; posthumous fame

Literary word. The literal sense refers to a scent that remains after the source is gone; the figurative sense refers to a person's lasting reputation or influence after death.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんには、今いまもなお余よ芳ほうが漂ただよっている。

  His works still carry a lingering fragrance of his genius.

• その詩し人じんは死し後ごも余よ芳ほうを残のこした。

  The poet left behind a lasting fame after his death.