Though I was victorious when playing Middle Captain Nobukata at go, he failed to send over the loser’s forfeit, so I wrote this to request it:
かずかずに碁のまけ物をゑてしかなこふにはあらず手うちならはむ
| kazukazu ni go no makemono wo wetesi kana koFu ni Fa arazu te uti naraFamu |
Many, indeed, are The prizes of go I would receive; I’m not pleading, you understand, But I had thought to learn a better hand! |
The bet was paper, was it not?