Spring
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やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
yamakaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana With the mountain breeze
Minamoto no Maszumi[1]
Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
harugasumi tatsu hi no kaze no ito nare ya taki no o tokete tama to midaruru The haze of spring
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[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5
Two poems by Yamanoue no Okura, composed on the flowers of the autumn fields.
秋の野に咲きたる花を指折りかき数ふれば七草の花
aki no no ni In the autumn fields
Yamanoue no Okura
つゆながらをりてかざさむきくのはなおいせぬ秋のひさしかるべく[1]
tsuyu nagara orite kasasamu kiku no hana oisenu aki no hisashikarubeku Dew-dappled
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[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (V: 270 ), where it is attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
Topic unknown.
山ぶきはあやなな咲きそ花みんと植へけむきみがこよひ来なくに
yamabuki Fa O, kerria,
Anonymous
A party of ladies on their way home from Shiga came into the precincts of the Kazan temple and stood for a while beneath the wisteria; when they had gone, he composed this and sent it to them.
よそに見てかへらん人にふぢの花はひまつはれよ枝はおるとも
yoso ni mite A casual glance, and
Archbishop Henjō
Composed after seeing some faded flowers.
花見れば心さへにぞうつりける色には出でじ人もこそしれ
Fana mireba When I see these blooms
Mitsune
A poem from the Poetry Competition held in the reign of the Kanpyō Empress.
谷風にとくる氷のひまごとに打いづる波や春のはつ花
tanikaze ni
In the valley’s breezes
Minamoto no Masazumi
On wind.
萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
pagi no pana
Bush clover blooms
Anonymous
Composed on the figure of a person waiting at the foot of a chrysanthemum.
Fana mitutu While gazing at the blooms,
Tomonori
This poem was included in Kokinshū (V: 274 ).
A chrysanthemum from the beach at Fukiage in the province of Ki.
akikaze no In the autumn breeze
The Suga Prime Minister [Sugawara no Michizane]
This poem was included in Kokinshū (V:272 ), where it has a somewhat longer and more explanatory headnote.
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