When the Lord of the Koichijō Palace sent a letter to the Lady Suri, she sent no reply, saying only that he should look for her in the Forest of Inaba (Rejection):
むすぶてふ山井の水もあるものをなにゝ因幡の峰をかくらむ
| musubu teFu yamawi no midu mo aru mono wo nani ni inaba no mine wo kakuramu |
‘From cupped hands,’ the poet says: Water from a mountain spring We have aplenty, so Why upon Rejection’s Peak should you be found? |