いりひさす山とぞ見ゆるもみぢばのあきのことごとてらすなりけり
irihi sasu yama to zo miyuru momijiba no aki no kotogoto terasu narikeri The setting sun shines
57
ひさかたのつきのかつらもあきはなほもみぢすればやてりまさるらん[1]
hisakata no tsuki no katsura mo aki wa nao momiji sureba ya terimasaruran On the eternal
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[1] This poem was included in Kokinshū (IV: 194 ), where it is attributed to Mibu no Tadamine.
音羽山秋としなれば唐錦かけたることも見ゆる紅葉か
otowayama aki to shi nareba karanishiki kaketaru koto mo miyuru momiji ka On Otowa Mountain
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女郎花何の心になけれども秋はさくべきこともゆゆしく
ominaeshi nani no kokoro ni nakeredomo aki wa sakubeki koto mo yuyushiku O, maidenflowers,
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はまちどりあきとしなればあさぎりにかたまどはしてなかぬ日ぞなき
hamachidori aki to shinareba asagiri ni kata madowashite nakanu hi zo naki The plovers on the beach:
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あきくればみやまざとこそわびしけれよるはほたるをともしびにして[1]
aki kureba miyamazato koso wabishikere yoru wa hotaru o tomoshibi ni shite When the autumn comes
4
[1] This poem also appears as Fubokushō 5545 where is it is listed as by Ōe no Chisato
Gazing at snow on the mountain pines in the morning (秋山望松雪)
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おりもせず雲もかからぬ山のはに松の上なる雪をこそみれ
ori mo sezu Not descending
8
Right
山のはのさやかに照れる朝には松にかかれる雪もみえける
yama no Fa no The mountains’ edge is
9
Shinpen kokka taikan no. Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no. 12 Title 或所歌合 Romanised Title Aru tokoro no uta’awase Translated Title Poetry Contest held in a Certain Place Alternative Title(s) Date Night, 15/8 Shōtai 4 [30.9.901] Extant Poems 2 Sponsor Identifiable Participants Judgements N Topics Autumn
Only the date of this contest remains, along with two of its poems. Given the season, it would clearly have been an autumn-themed event and, as the 15th day of the Eighth Month was when conventionally the moon was at its brightest, it is not surprising that it seems to have been held at night, and contained at least some poems where the moon was a theme.
Of the two surviving poems, one was included in Fubokushō (XIV: 5840) , while the other is only recorded here.
いそのかみふるのやしろにはふくずもあきにしなれば色かはりけり
isonokami In Isonokami
1
Right
山のはももみぢてちりぬ月影のかくるるところなくなりぬべし
yama no Fa mo Along the mountains’ edge
2
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
水の面にあやをりみだる春雨や山のみどりをなべて染むらん
mizu no omo ni Upon the water’s surface
Ōchikōchi no Mitsune
A poem from the Poetry Contest at Prince Koresada’s house.
秋なれば山とよむまでなく鹿に我おとらめやひとり寝る夜は
aki nareba When the autumn comes
Anonymous
Monkeys 猿
asa madaki ‘Tis not yet morn, but
Akinaka
Ponds 池
いせならばひがごとぞとやおもはまし山となるてふみまさかの池
ise naraba Is an imitation
Tadafusa
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
白雲の八重なる山はかさぬともこころは空にかよへとほづま
shiragumo no Clouds of white,
Nakazane
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