Composed and sent when he heard that Inspector Kinmichi had had a number of people compose poems on the bush warbler at his residence.

春霞たちへだつれど鶯の声はかくれぬものとしらずや

harugasumi tachihedatsuredo uguisu no koe wa kakurenu mono to shirazu ya

The haze of spring Arising, interferes, yet The warbler Is unable to conceal his cry— I wonder if he know it?

Former Consultant Tsunemori