In the same reign, when His Majesty’s Gentlemen were drawing topic by lot and presenting poems, he drew ‘fishing boats’ and composed this.

いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟

iFa orosu kata koso nakere ise no umi no siFose ni kakaru ama no turibune

To drop their stones Is there no place at all, At the sea off Ise Caught by the rushing tides are The seafolk’s fishing boats…

Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada