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SKKS XVII: 1653

For the place where Nunohiki Falls was painted, on a screen in the Saishō Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.

久方のあまつをとめが夏衣雲井にさらすぬのびきのたき

hisakata no
ama tsu otome ga
natsugoromo
kumoi ni sarasu
nunohiki no taki
Eternal
Heavenly maidens
Their summer garb
Rinsing among the clouds—
The cataract at Nunohiki

Lord Ari’ie

A kuzushiiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

KKS XVII: 923

Composed when people had gathered below Nunohiki Falls and were composing poems.

ぬきみだる人こそあるらし白玉のまなくもちるか袖のせばきに

nukimidaru
Fito koto arurasi
siratama no
ma naku mo tiru ka
sode no sebaki ni
Plucking them apart to glimpse their disarray:
There must be someone there!
White jewelets
Scattering without a halt,
And my sleeve too narrow!

Narihira
業平