Category Archives: Shokugosenshū

SGSS VII: 429

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?

Anonymous