Yukishiro etymology ctd., etc.

Doh-- I know I've run into this info before, but evidently it fell out the back of my brain cell.

From a list of traditional season-marking phrases for haiku:

雪代 yukishiro, snowmelt runoff (mid spring)

(Aha-- I think that my previous encounter with this was on this other list, which doesn't include the kanji; now I don't feel quite so dumb. Mostly. Ook.)( Read more... )