| Shinpen kokka taikan no. | 145 |
| Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no. | |
| Title | 内蔵頭長実家歌合 |
| Romanised Title | Kura no kami nagazane-ke uta’awase |
| Translated Title | Poetry Contest held at the House of Nagazane, Director of the Bureau of Palace Storehouses |
| Alternative Title(s) | |
| Date | 26/Intercalary 5/Hōan 2 [12.7.1121] |
| Extant Poems | 36 |
| Identifiable Participants | Y |
| Judgements | Y |
| Topics | Nightingales (郭公); Pinks (瞿麦); Love (恋) |
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Kura no kami nagazane ke uta’awase 5
Cuckoos (郭公)
Left (Tie)
時鳥幾夜な夜なを待たせつつ玉坂山に鳴き渡るらむ
| Fototogisu iku yonayana matasetutu tamasakayama ni nakiwataruramu | O, cuckoo, How many nights Will you continue to make me wait While from Mount Tamasaka, occasionally Your call seems to drift across? |
Noto taifu[1]
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Right
まちかねてくらぶのやまのたそかれにほのかになのるほととぎすかな
| matikanete kurabu no yama no tasogare ni honoka ni nanoru Fototogisu kana | How I long On Kurabu Mountain In the twilight For the faint announcement of A cuckoo’s call! |
The Governor of Aki[2]
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[1] Fujiwara no Tadataka 藤原忠隆 (1102-1150).Tadataka was known for love of hawking, his skills as a rider and, unusually for a court noble, his military prowess. He is described in Honchō seiki 本朝世紀 (‘A Chronicle of the Reigns of our Court’; 1150-1159) as ‘acquiring great wealth for his House through postings in a number of provinces. He loved learning, dogs and hawks, as well as charitable giving without thought of reward. All the world respected him.’
[2] Fujiwara no Tametada 藤原為忠 (1095-1136). Tametada had a relatively successful court career, serving as governor to a number of provinces besides Aki, although it was this post which reputedly allowed him to amass considerable wealth. His wife served as a lady-in-waiting to both Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Toba, and both emperors held him in high regard resulting in him eventually reaching Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade with a post as Supernumerary Director of the Bureau of Carpentry in 1134. He was active in poetic circles, taking part in a number of contests as well as this one, as well as other poetic events. He has a respectable ten poems in imperial anthologies from Kin’yōshū to Shinshoku kokinshū.