Composed on seeing smoke rising from the kilns of the common folk.[i]
みちのくにここにやいづくしほがまの浦とはなしに煙たつみゆ
michinoku ni koko ni ya izuku shiogama no ura to wa nashi ni keburi tatsu miyu
Where in Michinoku Might this be? For Shiogama Bay ‘tis not but I see the smoke arising.[ii]
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[i] Sanetomo is consciously echoing the following poem here: On receiving tribute and seeing the richness of his land. たかきやにのぼりて見ればけぶりたつたみのかまどはにぎはひにけり takaki ya ni / noborite mireba / keburi tatsu / tami no kamado wa / nigiwainikeri ‘To my palace heights / I climb and when I gaze across / Smoke rises— / The homes of my people / Are rich, indeed.’ Emperor Nintoku (Shinkokinshū VII: 707)
mitinoku no sinobu modizuri tare yuFe ni midaremu to omoFu ware naranaku ni
Distant Michinoku’s Tangled fern-patterned garb: For whose sake might it be, that Secret passion leaves me so distraught? For it is not mine, I know, so…
