Composed as a travel poem, when the Regent and Former Minister of the Right had a hundred poem sequence composed at his residence.
あはれなる野しまかさきのいほりかな露おく袖に浪もかけけり
| awarenaru nojima ga saki no iori kana tsuyu oku sode ni nami mo kakekeri |
Mournful Nojima Point is where My hut lies; Upon my dew-dropped sleeves Have rushed the waves… |
Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office, Toshinari
皇太后宮大夫俊成
When he was asked to compose a thousand-poem sequence by someone, he composed this as a poem on blossom.
み吉野の花の盛をけふ見ればこしの白根に春風ぞ吹く
| miyosino no Fana no sakari wo keFu mireba kosi no sirane ni Faru kaze zo Fuku |
In fair Yoshino The blossoms’ bounty I see today, so In Koshi on Shirane peak The spring breezes will be blowing. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
俊成