Left – Gentian

かはのうへにけふよりうたむあじろにはまづもみぢばやよらんとすらむ

kawa no ue ni kyō yori utamu ajiro ni wa mazu momijiba ya yoramu to suramu

Atop the river From today will they strike Upon the fish traps— Is it the scarlet leaves that first Will make to draw near?

19a

かはのうへにいまよりうたむあじろにはまづもみぢばやよらんとすらむ

kawa no ue ni ima yori utamu ajiro ni wa mazu momijiba ya yoramu to suramu

Atop the river From this moment will they strike Upon the fish traps— Is it the scarlet leaves that first Will make to draw near?

19b

Right – Missing

This poem is an acrostic, with ‘gentian’ (riutamu) contained within yori utamu.