Kokin rokujō IV: 2289

ちとせふるまつといふともうゑてみる人ぞかぞへてしるべかりける

chitose furu
matsu to iu tomo
uete miru
hito zo kazoete
shirubekarikeru
Through a thousand years has passed
This aged pine they say, yet
On planting it, at the sight
Folk could count and
Know the number well.

Ise (in a certain volume)

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