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Kinkai wakashū 18

For a painting of fresh herbs on a folding screen.

かすがののとぶひののもりけふとてや昔かたみに若なつむらん

kasuga no no
tobuhi nomori
kyō tote ya
mukashi katami ni
wakana tsumuran
Upon the plain of Kasuga
At Tobuhi, a field warden
Wonders if ‘twas today
Long ago? His basket of memories
With fresh herbs filled, perhaps…
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SKKS I: 13

A spring poem, presented in a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Sutoku.

若菜摘む袖とぞ見ゆるかすがのゝとぶひのゝべの雪のむらぎえ

wakana tsumu
sode to zo miyuru
kasugano no
tobu hi no nobe no
yuki no muragie
Plucking fresh herbs,
Sleeves do I seem to see
On the plain at Kasuga,
Where the sun dances in the fields
On the patchy snow…

Former Consultant Norinaga