SKKS XVII: 1665

In the conception of a mountain dwelling, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.

いまはわれ松のはしらのすぎのいほにとづべき物をこけふかき袖

ima wa ware
matsu no hashira no
sugi no io ni
tozubeki mono o
koke fukaki sode
Now, I –
In pillars of pine and
A cedar roofed-hut
Shall remain enclosed,
Moss heavy on my sleeves.

Princess Shokushi
式子内親王

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