Round Nineteen
Left (Win)
うちはらふ枕のちりもかくれなくあれたる宿をてらす月影
uchiharau makura no chiri mo kakurenaku aretaru yado o terasu tsukikage Needing to be swept away,
Taifu
Right
秋の夜の月みる袖におく露やひるにかはれるしるしなるらん
aki no yo no tsuki miru sode ni oku tsuyu ya hiru ni kawareru shirushi naruran On an autumn night
Yorisuke
In both the moon is bright, and I feel they reflect the essential meaning of the topic, but as its diction is currently slightly more familiar, I make the Left the winner. It would be possible to call this a tie, too, though.
On seeing sweet flags, when rain was falling in the Fifth Month.
袖ぬれてけふふくやどのあやめ草いづれの沼に誰か引きけむ
sode nurete kyō fuku yado no ayamegusa izure no numa ni tare ka hikikemu My sleeves drenched, and
Summer
Composed on changing clothes.
をしみこしはなのたもともぬぎかへつ人の心ぞ夏には有りける
oshimikoshi hana no tamoto mo nugikaetsu hito no kokoro zo natsu ni wa arikeru Regretfully,
Round Fourteen
Left (Win)
七夕のわかるる今朝のたもとにや秋の白露おきはじむらん
tanabata no wakaruru kesa no tamoto ni ya aki no shiratsuyu okihajimuran The Weaver Maid
Shun’e
Right
秋へてもはてなき中をみるをりは七夕つめぞうらやまれける
aki hete mo hatenaki naka o miru ori wa tanabatatsume zo urayamarekeru Though the autumns pass,
Kenshō
Round Eleven
Tanabata
Left (Win)
七夕はたえぬ契りをうれしともこよひばかりやおもひしるらん
tanabata wa taenu chigiri o ureshi tomo koyoi bakari ya omoishiruran The Weaver Maid’s
Shun’e
Right
天の河わたるこよひや七夕は中中袖をぬらさざるらん
ama no kawa wataru koyoi ya tanabata wa nakanaka sode o nurasazaruran The River of Heaven
Yorisuke
Round Five
Left (Tie)
にほふ香はいづれの梅もかはらねど色なる花ぞわきて身にしむ
niou ka wa izure no ume mo kawaranedo \iro naru hana zo wakite mi ni shimu The fragrant scent of
Iemoto
Right
梅の花かをばたもとにしむれども色をばえこそうつさざりけれ
ume no hana ka oba tamoto ni shimuredomo iro oba e koso utsusazarikeri The plum blossoms’
Kūnin
I wish I could say that the Left is superior, but that is not the case, so a tie.
Plum
Round Three
Left (Tie)
あしがきのおくゆかしくもみゆるかな誰がすむ宿の梅の立えぞ
ashigaki no oku yukashiku mo miyuru kana ta ga sumu yado no ume no tachie zo A fence of reeds and
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
ひばりあがる春の日ぐらし袖たれてかきねの梅の花みるわれは
hibari agaru haru no higurashi sode tarete kakine no ume no hana miru ware wa Skylarks soar
Kenshō
The Left is in cliched style, while the final line of the Right is interrupted—a tie, I think.
Topic unknown.
武蔵野は袖ひつばかりわけしかどわか紫はたづねわびにき
musasino Fa Across Musashi plain,
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Shioni
うけとむるそでをしをに てつらぬかばなみだのたまのかずは見てまし
uketomurushi o ni te Resting
Ise
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わがやどの八重のやまぶき露をおもみうちはらふ袖のそほちぬるかな
wa ga yado no yae no yamabuki tsuyu o omomi uchiharau sode no sōchinuru kana At my home
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