SKKS XV: 1384

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ぬる夢にうつつのうさもわすられておもひなぐさむほどぞはかなき

nuru yume ni
utsutsu no usa mo
wasurarete
omoinagusamu
hodo zo hakanaki
On appearing in a dream, then
Reality’s cold cruelties
I will forget, and
Be comforted
For a brief, empty moment.

Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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