mountain adorned in late autumn colors
Poetic expression for a mountain covered in brilliant autumn foliage near the end of the season. Not used in everyday conversation; appears in classical poetry, haiku, or literary descriptions.
When the season of mountains adorned in autumn colors arrives, many people visit to see the fall leaves.
In haiku, 'yamayosoou' is used as a seasonal word for late autumn.
Poetic kanji spelling; 粧う suggests dressing up or adorning, fitting the imagery of a mountain in autumn colors.
Variant spelling using 装う (to dress, to wear); also poetic.
The expression belongs to a set of seasonal mountain images derived from the Chinese painting treatise 『臥遊録』, which describes autumn mountains as 明浄而如粧, “bright and clear, as if adorned.”