過すぎ来こし方かた

expression

the past; bygone days

Literary expression for times gone by, often with a nostalgic or reflective tone. Related to 来し方 (こしかた).

See also: 来し方

• 過すぎ来こし方かたを振ふり返かえると、懐なつかしい思おもい出でがよみがえる。

  Looking back on the past, fond memories come to mind.

expression

the path one has traveled; the direction one came from

Literary or poetic use for the physical or metaphorical route one has taken to arrive at the present. Less common than the temporal sense.

• 彼かれは過すぎ来こし方かたを指ゆびさして、「あの山やまを越こえてきた」と言いった。

  He pointed to the way he had come and said, 'I crossed that mountain.'