Composed in the conception of Autumn leaves falling on a barrier road at the courtiers’ poetry competition in the hall of the Hōshu-ji in the Second Year of Kaō (1170).
都にはまだ靑葉にて見しかどももみぢちり志く白川の關
| miyako ni Fa mada awoba nite misikadomo momidi tirisiku sirakaFa no seki |
TIn the capital, There still were leaves of green Upon which to turn my gaze, yet Scattered scarlet leaves cover The barrier at Shirakawa. |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa
源頼政