After Koshōjō of the Jōtōmon Palace died, she saw a love letter she had been writing lying in something, and sent it to the Kaga Junior Councillor with this.
たれかよにながらへて見んかきとめしあとはきえせぬかたみなれども
| tare ka yo ni nagaraete min kakitomeshi ato wa kiesenu katami naredomo |
Who, within this world, Will go on and on? Her brush is halted And the words: a never fading Keepsake be, yet… |
Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部