The 15th night of the Eighth Month, last year.[i]
花の枝に露のやどかす宮城野の月にぞ秋の色はみえける
| hana no e ni tsuyu no yado kasu miyagino no tsuki ni zo aki no iro wa miekeru | A spray of blossom Has lent lodging to the dewdrops On Miyagi Plain In the moon, truly, autumn’s Hues are plain to see. |
[i] This poem was composed for the ‘Poetry Match of Places Famed for the Moon on the 15th Night of the Eighth Month’ (Hachigatsu jūgoya meisho no tsuki uta’awase 八月十五夜名所月歌合) held on night of the 15th day of the Eighth Month, Jōei 1 [1.9.1232] (Ishikawa and Tani 2001, 171), although it was not included in the extant text of the match.