SKKS XIII: 1210

When responding to the topic ‘widely spaced they are’ in the reign of the Tenryaku emperor.

なれゆくはうき世なればやすまのあまのしほやき衣まどほなるらん

nareyuku wa
ukiyo nareba ya
suma no ama no
shioyaki koromo
madōnaruran
Affection
Turns to cruelty, does it not?
The fisher folk at Suma
Burn salt in robes with
Wide gaps, it seems…[1]

Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

[1] An allusive variation on KKS XV: 758.

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