A poem written on a folding screen with paintings of the four seasons, created as a backdrop for the fortieth birthday celebrations of Lord Fujiwara, Major Captain of the Right, by the Principal Handmaid – Autumn.

秋くれど色もかはらぬときは山よそのもみぢを風ぞかしける

aki kuredo iro mo kaFaranu tokiFayama yoso no momidi wo kaze zo kasikeru

Autumn has come, yet To the never changing hues on Evergreen Mountain Distant scarlet leaves The wind has lent!

Sakanoe no Korenori