The late Master of the Right Capital Office was Lord Muneyuki. While he was fretting over when he might achieve advancement, His Majesty, the Cloistered Teishi Emperor was presented with a stone with seaweed clinging to it from the province of Ki, and various people presented poems on the topic. The Master of the Right Capital Office composed
沖つ風ふけゐの浦にたつなみのなこりにさへや我はしつまん
| oki tsu kaze fukei no ura ni tatsu nami no nagori ni sae ya ware wa shitsuman | From the offing the wind blows Upon the beach at Fukei; Will the breaking waves, The wild waves, linger on and Sink me beneath them? |