SKKS VII: 753

A rice-hulling poem presented from the Eastern Section at the Daijō Festivities in the First year of Nin’an (1166).

あふみのやさかたのいねをかけつみてみちあるみよのはじめにぞつく

ōmi no ya
sakata no ine o
kaketsumite
michi aru miyo no
hajime ni zo tsuku
In Ōmi
At Sakata the rice
Lies piled high;
For my Lord’s reign to follow the way,
First, we must hull it.

Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成

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