A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor

秋山はからくれなゐに成りにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけん

akiyama wa karakurenai ni narinikeri iku shio shigure furite someken

The autumn mountains To Cathay scarlet Have turned; How many dippings with drizzle Have fallen to dye them so?

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