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KKS VII: 360

A poem composed for the four seasons screen behind the guest of honour when the Principal Handmaid celebrated the fortieth birthday of the Fujiwara Major Captain of the Right (Autumn):

住の江の松を秋風吹くからにこゑうちそふるおきつ白浪

suminoe no
matu wo aki kaze
Fuku kara ni
kowe utisoFuru
oki tu siranami
At Suminoe
The pines by autumn winds
Are blown, so
Their voices add to
The whitecaps, off the shore.

Mitsune
躬恒

KKS V: 305

Composed and presented to accompany a picture of a man halting his mount beneath a tree shedding autumn leaves before crossing a river, on a folding screen in the Teishi-In.

立ちとまり見てをわたらむもみぢばは雨とふるとも水はまさらじ

tatitomari
mite wo wataramu
momidiba Fa
ame to Furu tomo
midu Fa masarazi
Pausing a moment
To gaze afore crossing;
Scarlet leaves as
Rain do fall, yet
Add nothing to the waters.

Mitsune
躬恒

KKS IV: 234

Composed and presented at the maidenflower [poetry] competition at the Suzaku Palace.

女郞花ふきすぎてくる秋風はめには見えねどかこそしるけれ

wominaFesi
Fukisugitekuru
aki kaze Fa
me ni Fa mienedo
ka koso sirukere
Maidenflowers:
Blowing through them comes
The Autumn wind;
My eyes do not see it-
The scent tells the tale.

Mitsune
躬恒