When the courtiers were commanded to hold an autumn leaves match, during the reign of the Murakami emperor.

思ひやるくらぶの山の紅葉ばにおとらぬ物はこころなりけり

omoiyaru kurabu no yama no momijiba ni otoranu mono wa kokoro narikeri

Pondering, To compare Mount Kurabu’s Scarlet leaves— Only not lesser is My heart…

Motosuke-shū 1[i]

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[i] This poem is not included the extant texts of the match, but from its headnote must have been composed for it and been subsequently lost among with the others.