豊とよ葦あし原はら

noun

land of lush reeds; Japan (poetic)

Poetic epithet for Japan, evoking an ancient landscape of abundant reeds. Often used in classical or literary contexts.

• 古こ事じ記きには「豊とよ葦あし原はらの瑞みず穂ほの国くに」と記しるされている。

  In the Kojiki, it is written as 'the land of abundant reed plains and fresh rice ears'.

• この歌うたは豊とよ葦あし原はらの美うつくしさを詠よんでいる。

  This poem celebrates the beauty of the land of lush reeds.