A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
まきもくのひばらの山にたちかへり見れども花におどろかれつつ
| makimoku no hibara no yama ni tachikaeri miredomo hana no odorokaretsutsu | In Makimoku among The mountain cypress groves Rising and departing, I see it, yet the blossom Ever does amaze me… |
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