Composed when he composed a large number of poems about the moon.
さざなみや国つみかみのうらさびてふるき宮こに月ひとりすむ
| sazanami ya kunitumikami no urasabite Furuki miyako ni tuki Fitori sumu | Wavelets have washed The guardian god Chilling his heart, for At the ancient capital The solitary moon shines clear. |
The Hosshōji Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Palace Minister
Topic unknown.
あすからはわかなつまんとしめし野にきのふもけふもゆきはふりつつ
| asu kara wa wakana tsuman to shimeshi no ni kinō mo kyō mo yuki wa furitsutsu | From the morrow I thought to pick fresh herbs, but Upon my roped off meadow Yesterday and today, too, The snow is ever falling… |
Yamabe no Akahito
Round Three
Left
をとめ子が袖ふるやまの水がきのひさしきよよりおもひそめてき
| otomego ga sode furu yama no mizugaki no hisashiki yo yori omoisometeki | Maidens, Sleeves waving at Furu Mountain’s Sacred walls, have there Ever been; as long Has love stained my heart. |
5[i]
Right
おきつかぜふきにけらしな住吉の松のしづえをあらふしらなみ
| okitsukaze fukinikerashi na sumiyoshi no matsu no shizue o arau shiranami | The wind in the offing Is gusting, it seems, for At Sumiyoshi The pines’ low branches Are washed by whitecaps. |
6[ii]
[i] SIS XIX: 1210: Topic unknown.
[ii] GSIS XVIII: 1063/64: Composed on the instructions of His Majesty, on the way back from Sumiyoshi, when he had accompanied him there in the Third Month, Enkyū 5 [April 1073].
Composed on the instructions of His Majesty, on the way back from Sumiyoshi, when he had accompanied him there in the Third Month, Enkyū 5 [April 1073].
おきつかぜふきにけらしな住吉の松のしづえをあらふしらなみ
| okitsukaze fukinikerashi na sumiyoshi no matsu no shizue o arau shiranami | The wind in the offing Is gusting, it seems, for At Sumiyoshi The pines’ low branches Are washed by whitecaps. |
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
Round Two
Left
あし引の山どりのをのしだりをのながながし夜をひとりかもねん
| ashihiki no yamadori no o no shidario no naganagashi yo o hitori kamo nemu | Leg-wearying The mountain pheasant’s tail Hangs down So long, so long, the night Must I sleep alone? |
3[i]
Right
君が世はつきじとぞおもふかみかぜやみもすそ川のすまむかぎりは
| kimi ga yo wa tsukiji to zo omou kamikaze ya mimosusogawa no sumamu kagiri wa | My Lord’s reign Shall never end, I feel! While beneath the divine winds The Mimosuso River[ii] Is clear! |
[i] SIS XIII: 778: Topic unknown. Also Ogura hyakunin isshu 3.
[ii] 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.
[iii] GSIS VII: 450: Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Shōryaku 2 [1078].
Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Shōryaku 2 [1078].
君が世はつきじとぞおもふかみかぜやみもすそ川のすまむかぎりは
| kimi ga yo wa tsukiji to zo omou kamikaze ya mimosusogawa no sumamu kagiri wa | My Lord’s reign Shall never end, I feel! While beneath the divine winds The Mimosuso River[i] Is clear! |
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
[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.
Round One
Left
竜田河もみぢばながるかみなびのみむろの山にしぐれふるらし
| tatsutagawa momijiba nagaru kamunabi no mimuro no yama ni shigure fururashi | Along the river Tatsuta Flow scarlet leaves; Upon the divine Mountain dwellings of the gods A gentle rain looks to be falling. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
1[i]
Right
ゆふさればかどたのいなばおとづれてあしのまろやにあきかぜぞ吹く
| yū sareba kadota no inaba otozurete ashi no maroya ni akikaze zo fuku | When the evening comes The rice-seedling fronds before my door Sound out— Around this reed-roofed hut The autumn wind is blowing. |
Middle Counsellor [Minamoto no] Tsunenobu
2[ii]
[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’.
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.
ゆふさればかどたのいなばおとづれてあしのまろやにあきかぜぞ吹く
| yū sareba kadota no inaba otozurete ashi no maroya ni akikaze zo fuku | When the evening comes The rice-seedling fronds before my door Sound out— Around this reed-roofed hut The autumn wind is blowing. |
Middle Councellor Tsunenobu
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.
ゆふさればかどたのいなばおとづれてあしのまろやにあきかぜぞ吹く
| yū sareba kadota no inaba otozurete ashi no maroya ni akikaze zo fuku | When the evening comes The rice-seedling fronds before my door Sound out— Around this reed-roofed hut The autumn wind is blowing. |
Middle Councellor Tsunenobu
