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GYS VII: 1093

A poem inscribed in cursive script on a lacquerware box from when he was absorbed in compiling the Collection of a Thousand Years.

和歌の浦にちぢのたまもをかきつめて万世までも君がみんため

waka no ura ni
chiji no tamamo o
kakitsumete
yorozuyo made mo
kimi ga min tame
In the Bay of Waka
Countless gemweeds
Have I raked together that
For ten thousand generations
My Lord may gaze upon them!

Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari

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

Teiji-in uta’awase 29

Left

うつつにもゆめにもひとによるしあへばくれゆくばかりうれしきはなし

utsutsu ni mo
yume ni mo hito ni
yoru shi aeba
kureyuku bakari
ureshiki wa nashi
In reality and
In dreams both, ‘tis her
I meet at night, so
Until the twilight comes
I have no joy, at all.

Mitsune
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Right (Win)

たまもかるあまとはなしにきみこふるわがころもでのかわくときなき

tamamo karu
ama to wa nashi ni
kimi kouru
wa ga koromode no
kawaku toki naki
Reaping gemweed,
A seaman, I am not, but
Loving you, my lady,
My sleeves are
Dry for not a moment.

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