Composed as an insect poem, when he composed a hundred poem sequence bewailing his sorry lot around the Hōen period [1135-1141].

さりともとおもふこころもむしのねもよわりはてぬる秋のくれかな

saritomo to omoFu kokoro mo musi no ne mo yowariFatenuru aki no kure kana

That’s just how it is I thought within my heart, too, As the insects’ cries, too Weakened On an autumn evening!

Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari