On a folding screen for the celebrations of the birthday of Her Majesty, the Empress in Shōhei 4.[1]

色かへぬ松と竹とのすゑの世をいづれひさしと君のみぞ見む

iro kaFenu matu to take no suwe no yo wo idure hisasi to kimi nomi zo mimu

Ever unchanging hues Have the pine and bamboo— In the ages to come Which is more eternal? My Lady, alone, will see!

The Handmaid to the Ise Virgin

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[1] The empress in question was Fujiwara no Onshi (Yasuko) 藤原穏子 (885-954), the consort of Emperor Daigo. The birthday being marked was her fiftieth, with the celebrations taking place on the 26^th day of the Third Month, Shōhei 承平 4 [12.5.934].