蓬ほう窓そう

noun

window with a view of mugwort

Literary image of a window looking out onto a thicket of mugwort (蓬), evoking a rustic or secluded setting.

• 蓬ほう窓そうから見みえる景色けしきは、昔むかしの隠いん者じゃの住すまいを思おもわせる。

  The view from the mugwort-framed window reminds one of an old hermit's dwelling.

noun

humble house; poor dwelling

By extension, a modest or impoverished home, often used self-deprecatingly in classical or literary contexts.

• この蓬ほう窓そうのような家いえでも、心こころの安やすらぎがある。

  Even in this humble, mugwort-thatched house, there is peace of mind.