After the death of the Rokujō Regent [Fujiwara no Motozane (1143-1166)], one of his ladies picked one of the peonies he had planted and sent it to Shige’ie:
かたみとて見ればなげきのふかみ草なに中なかのにほひなるらん
| katami tote mireba nageki no fukamigusa nani naka naka no nioinaruran |
‘In memory of him,’ I think; At the sight my grief Grows deeper, o, peony, Why so rich Your glowing hues? |
Senior Assistant Governer General of the Dazaifu [Fujiwara no] Shige’ie (1128-1180)