Composed at a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
みよしのの山の白雪ふみわけて入りにし人のおとづれもせぬ
miyosino no yama no sira yuki Fumiwakete irinisi Fito no otodure mo senu |
Through fair Yoshino Mountain’s white snow fall Forging, He entered in, And not a line returned |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
Is 訪れ・おとづれ/おとずれ (appearance; visit) used in poems as a metonym for letters or correspondence?
See also Kokinshū 338:
わがまたぬ年はきぬれど冬草のかれにし人はおとづれもせず
http://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-vi-338/