Left
kyō mo nao Still yet, today
3In no hyakushu, shodo, Eighth Month Shōji 2 [September 1200]
Right
asagōri This film of morning ice:
4Naidaijinke hyakushu , Ninth Month Kenpō 3 [October 1215]
Left. Spring
aratama no To the fresh jeweled
1Ninnaji gojūshu , Kenkyū 1 [1190]
Right
fuyu nagara It’s winter now, yet
2
冬こもり春咲く花を手折り持ち千たびの限り恋ひわたるかも
puyu komori
Sealed in winter
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
On birds.
春さればもずの草ぐき見えずとも我れは見やらむ君があたりをば
paru sareba
When the spring does come,
A poem by Middle Councillor Abe no Hironiwa.
去年の春いこじて植ゑし我が宿の若木の梅は花咲きにけり
kozo no paru
In spring last year
Abe no Hironiwa
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
asa tode no
In the morning, opening the door
Composed when a large number of the Junior Consort’s ladies conducted blossom-viewing during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
春毎にあかぬ匂をさくら花いかなる風のをしまざるらむ
Faru goto ni
Every single spring
Chikuzen Wet Nurse
君が代を尾上の松にくらべむに幾代の春か逢はむとすらむ
kimi ga yo o
My Lord, your reign
Fujiwara no Akisuke
ほのぼのと明石の浜を見渡しば春の浪わけ出づる船の帆
Fonobono to
In the gloaming
Minamoto no Shitagō
冬草と見えし春野の小笹原弥生の雨に深緑なる
fuyu kusa to
A winter plant
Fujiwara no Nakazane
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