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SZS XVIII: 1174

Composed on mamaki no yatate (a wood and bamboo arrow stand).

三倉山真木の屋立ててすむたみ年をつむともくちじとぞ思ふ

mikurayama
maki no ya tate
te
sumu tami Fa
tosi wo tumu tomo
kutizi to zo omoFu
On Mount Mikura
A house of cedar wood stands;
The folk living there,
Will pass through an mound of years, yet
Not die, I feel.

Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼