Reikeiden no nyōgo uta’awase

Shinpen kokka taikan no.24
Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no.45
Title麗景殿女御歌合
Romanised TitleReikeiden no nyōgo uta’awase
Translated TitlePoetry Match held by the Reikeiden Junior Consort
Alternative Title(s)Tenryaku jū-nen san-gatsu goro reikeiden no nyōgo ōnkata tōka 天暦十年三月比麗景殿女御御方闘歌 (‘Poetry Contest held by the retainers of the Reikeiden Junior Consort in the Third Month, Tenryaku 10’); Reikeiden no nyōgo sōshi joō uta’awase 麗景殿女御荘子女王歌合 (‘Poetry Match held by Princess Sōshi, the Reikeiden Junior Consort’)
Date3 Tenryaky 10 [April 956]; 29/2/Tenryaku 10 [12.4.956]
Extant Poems26
Identifiable ParticipantsY
JudgementsY
TopicsHaze (kasumi 霞); Spring breezes (harukaze 春風); Plum blossom (ume no hana 梅花); Bush warblers (uguisu 鶯); Spring showers (harusame春雨); Fresh herbs (wakana 若菜); Cherry blossom (sakurabana 桜花); Willows (yanagi 柳); Kerria (yamabuki 款冬); Wisteria blossom (fuji no hana 藤花); Love without meeting (awanu koi 不会恋); Love on meeting (au koi 会恋)

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