Round Three

Left

くれなゐのこぞめの色とみえつるや八しほの岡の紅葉なるらん

kurenai no kozome no iro to mietsuru ya yashio no oka no momiji naruran

With scarlet Hues deeply dyed Do, perhaps, seem Yashio Hill’s Autumn leaves?

Kenshō
77

Right (Win)

初時雨ふりにし里をきてみればみかきが原は紅葉しにけり

hatsu shigure furinishi sato o kitemireba mikaki ga hara wa momijinishikeri

The first showers Have fallen on this ancient estate I have come to see: Mikaki Field has All turned to autumn hues.

Suketaka
78

While the Left displays great technical skill in juxtaposing ‘deeply dyed with scarlet hues’ and ‘Yashio Hill’, the Right at present is conclusively composed with a somewhat more decorous configuration relaxed manner. In this it conveys emotion as poems of old did, and so I believe it should certainly win.