[i] The Mimosuso River (mimosugawa 御裳濯川) is the name given to the Isuzu River (isuzugawa 五十鈴川) as it flows past the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is dedicated to the ancestral deity of the imperial house, Amaterasu ōmikami 天照大神.
[i] KKS V: 284 Listed as ‘Topic unknown’, ‘Anonymous’.
[ii] KYS III: 173/183 ‘Composed on the topic of “autumn wind at a hut in the fields”, when he had gone with various people to Lord Morokata’s residence at Unozu’.
During the reign of the Tamura Emperor, when he was confined to Suma in the province of Tsu for certain reasons, he sent this to someone in the capital.
わくらばにとふ人あらばすまの浦にもしほたれつつわぶとこたへよ
wakuraba ni toFu Fito araba suma no ura ni mosiFo taretutu wabu to kotaFeyo
If of me Folk should come enquiring, then as On the beach at Suma The seaweed ever drips, I suffer—answer that!
minasegaFa arite yuku midu naku Fa koso tuFi ni wa ga mi wo taenu to omoFame
Just as the waterless River Minase Is there with running rivulets Not a one, then At the end, I, as a channel buoy, Can endure no more, I feel – and yet…
