Left
みよしのの山のしら雪ふみ分けて入りにし人のおとづれもせぬ
miyoshino no Through fair Yoshino
Tadamine[1]
Right
吹く風は色も見えねど冬くればひとりぬるよの身にぞしみける
fuku kaze wa iro mo mienedo fuyu kureba hitori nuru yo no mi ni zo shimikeru The gusting wind
130
[1] Kokinshū VI: 327/Shinsen man’yōshū 183/Kokin rokujō I: 712.
Left
神無月しぐれふるらしさほ山の正木のかづら色まさりゆく
kaminazuki In the Godless Month
125[1]
Right
冬くれば梅に雪こそ降りかかれいづれのえをか花とはをらむ
fuyu kureba mume ni yuki koso furikakare izure no e o ka hana to wa oramu When the winter comes
126
[1] Shinkokinshū VI: 574
Winter Poems Twenty Rounds
Left
かきくもりあられふりしけ白玉をしける庭とも人の見るがに
kakikumori arare furishike shiratama o shikeru niwa to mo hito no miru gani Clouds rush in
119
Right
天の河ふゆは空までこほるらし石間にたぎつ音だにもせず
ama no kawa fuyu wa sora made kōrurashi iwama ni tagitsu oto dani mo sezu The River of Heaven in
120
On a thin layer of ice remaining atop a pond, for a Poetry Contest held at the Residence of Imperial Princess Miwako.
うす氷残りすくなくなりにけり池のかがみと冬はみしかど
usugōri The film of ice
Musashino
Composed on the conception of the beginning of winter.
草の葉もはや霜がれの色みえて外山かたかけ冬はきにけり
kusa no ha mo The blades of grass,
The Lay Priest and Former Regent and Minister of Left
Round Twelve
Left
冬の夜の月はとほくやわたりけんかげみしみづのまづしこほれば
fuyu no yo no tsuki wa tōku ya watariken kage mishi mizu no mazu shi kōreba On a winter’s night
22
Right
ながれくるみづこほりぬる冬さへやなほうき草のあとはさだめぬ
nagarekuru mizu kōrinuru fuyu sae ya nao ukikusa no ato wa sadamenu Flowing down
23
Left
あすは又けふをばこぞといひすててをしみしものとおもひだにせじ
asu wa mata Tomorrow, once again
Lord Sueyoshi
Right
ふゆのそらわびつつけふになりにけりあとなきにはのゆきとみながら
fuyu no sora The winter sky is
Ienaga
Judgement: I wonder how the central ‘I’ll say easily’ leads in to the concluding section. The Right’s poem is a little better, I’d say.
When people were commanded to compose a seventeen poem sequence.
冬の空日影みじかき比なればいとどほどなく暮るる年かな
fuyu no sora The winter sky’s
Dharma Seal Kakkan
Topic unknown
冬の池の鴨のうはげにおくしものきえて物思ふころにもあるかな
Fuyu no ike no kamo no uFage ni oku simo no kiete mono’omoFu koro ni mo aru kana At a pond in winter
Anonymous
Here’s the second video on the topics and images used in waka on the season of winter. This one covers: Topography (winter mountains, ice and icicles); Life(style) (being sealed in winter, blankets and bedding); and Events (the ceremony for the Recitation of the Buddhas’ Names (butsumyōe 仏名会)).
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