Round One Hundred and Thirty-One

Left

あられふるかたののみののかり衣ぬれぬやどかす人しなければ

arare furu katano no mino ni kari koromo nurenu yado kasu hito shinakereba

Hail falls Upon the royal grounds of Katano and In my hunting garb, for To lend me lodging out the damp Is there no one at all…

261[1]

Right

久方のあまつをとめが夏衣雲井にさらすぬのびきのたき

hisakata no ama tsu otome ga natsugoromo kumoi ni sarasu nunohiki no taki

Eternal Heavenly maidens Their summer garb Rinsing among the clouds— The cataract at Nunohiki.

262[2]

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[1] Shikashū IV: 152: Composed on hawking.

[2] Shinkokinshū XVII: 1653: For the place where Nunohiki Falls was painted, on a screen in the Temple of the Ultimate Victory of the Four Heavenly Kings.