A poem by Her Majesty, the Senior Retired Empress.

波太須珠寸　尾花逆葺　黒木用　造有室者　迄万代

はだすすき尾花逆葺き黒木もち造れる室は万代までに

hadasusuki wobana sakapuki kuroki moti tukureru muro pa yoroduyo made ni

Still a’bud The silver grass, reverse-thatched, Upon the barken logs: Thus constructed is this hall, To stand until ten thousand ages pass!

Empress Genshō