青丹よし

From Old Japanese 靑丹よし (awoni yo₂si).

Literally “blue-green + (red) earth + [​exclamatory particle] + [​strengthening particle]”.

青(あお)丹(に)よし • (aoni yoshi) ^{←あをによし (awonyosi)?}

1. allusion to 奈良 (Nara, a placename)
   • 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 7, poem 493)

     青(あを)丹(に)よし奈良(なら)の都(みやこ)の黒(くろ)木(き)もて造(つく)れる宿(やど)はをれどあかぬかも

     aoni yoshi Nara no miyako no kuroki mote tsukureru yado wa oredo akanu ka mo

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2. allusion to verb ならふ (narafu → narau, “to follow, imitate”), punning the aforementioned placename
   • c. 1128, Sanboku Kikashū (book 9, poem 1499)

     この世(よ)をば仮(かり)ともいはむあをによしならはぬ身(み)にはそれもそふなど

     kono yo o ba kari to mo iwan aoni yoshi narawanu mi ni wa sore mo sōnado

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