When the Horikawa Regent [Fujiwara no Kanemichi (925-977)] sent her a letter asking where her home was:
わがやどはそこともなにかをしふべきいはでこそ見めたづねけりやと
wa ga yado wa soko tomo nani ka oshû beki iwade koso mime tazunekeri ya to |
My home: Where does it lie? Should I truly tell you? Better to be silent and gaze upon you, Wondering whether you had asked in truth. |
Hon’in no Jijū