n the Fourth Month of the First Year of the Ōtoku period (1084) at the Sanjō Palace he composed this on the profusion of leaves on the trees in the garden.

たまがしはにはも葉廣になりにけりこや木綿四手て神まつるころ

tamagasiFa niFa mo Fabiro ni narinikeri koya yuFu sidete kami maturu koro

The oak trees In the garden in full fledge Do stand. Look! Mulberry streamers flutter For the gods here now!

Major Councillor [Minamoto no] Tsunenobu