When His Majesty ordered him to compose a poem for a love letter match, during the reign of former emperor Nijō.
わすれゆく人ゆゑそらをながむればたえだえにこそ雲もみえけれ
| wasure yuku hito yue sora o nagamureba taedae ni koso kumo mo miekere | Forgetting me, He is, so upon the sky I turn my gaze, where From time to time, indeed, Clouds, too, do show themselves![i] |
Minister of Justice Norikane
[i] See Shige’ie-shū 232 for the reply to this poem in the match..