| Shinpen kokka taikan no. | |
| Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no. | 38 |
| Title | 大納言恒佐扇合 |
| Romanised Title | Dainagon tsunesuke ōgi awase |
| Translated Title | Fan Contest held by Major Counsellor Tsunesuke |
| Alternative Title(s) | |
| Date | Summer, Shōhei 承平 5 [935] |
| Extant Poems | 1 |
| Sponsor | Fujiwara no Tsunesuke 藤原恒佐 |
| Identifiable Participants | |
| Judgements | |
| Topics | Fans (ōgi 扇) |
住の江の松の風をしこめたればあふぐ扇のいつか絶えせむ
| suminoe no matsu no kaze oshi kometareba augu ōgi no itsuka taesemu | At Suminoe The wind in the pines with regret Is blended, so This wafted fan— When might it cease to wave? |
1[i]
There is no independent record of this event—the only mention of it is in the headnote to this poem in Tsurayuki-shū (see below). If this is accurate, then this is the oldest mention of a Fan Contest (ōgi awase 扇合), and provides tantalizing hints about the conduct of this mono’awase through its mention of the inclusion of a diorama (suhama) (Hagitani 1957, 262).
The sponsor of the event, Fujiwara no Tsunesuke 藤原恒佐 (879-938), was the seventh son of Fujiwara no Yoshiyo 藤原良世 (823-900), and enjoyed a glittering court career, eventually being appointed Minister of the Right in 938. He was made a Major Counsellor in 933, but the poem, and thus the match, can be dated to summer 935 because it appears between poems in Tsurayuki-shū which can be dated to the spring and winter of that year (Hagitani 1957, 262).
[i] A variant of this poem appears in Tsurayuki-shū (VI: 715): A poem from the Fan Match held by Middle Counsellor Tsunesuke, where fans were placed on the diorama. みよしのの松の影をしそめたればあふぐ嵐のいつかつきせん miyoshino no / matsu no kage o shi / sometareba / augu arashi no / itsuka tsukisen ‘Fair Yoshino / The pines’ shade / Has begun to stain, so / The gusting storm— / When might it cease?’