Composed when the court ladies of the Takakura First Princess had gone to view the blossom at Shirakawa.

なにごとをはるのかたみにおもはまし今日しらかはの花みざりせば

nani goto wo Faru no katami ni omoFamasi keFu sirakaFa no Fana mizariseba

What Of spring a keepsake Would one think? If, today, Shirakawa’s Blossom we had not seen…

The Iga Minor Captain