At a time when she was saddened by the fleeting nature of the world while looking at some pictures of named places in Michinoku.
見し人のけぶりになりしゆふべより名ぞむつましきしほがまのうら
| mishi hito no keburi ni narishi yûbe yori na zo mutsumashiki shiogama no ura | Him, I saw, Turn into smoke, and Since that evening, Even the name fills me with fond thoughts: The bay at Shiogama. |
Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部