KYS III: 362

When he was in service at an imperial progress to Ōi.

おほゐがは井せきのおとのなかりせばこのはをしけるわたりとやみん

oFowigawa
wiseki no oto no
nakariseba
ko no Fa wo sikeru
watari wo ya min
Upon the River Ōi
If the weirs sounded
Not, then
At the leaves spread
All around would we even look?

Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue

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