Left
あきののをみなへし るともささわけにぬれにしそでやはなとみゆらむ
aki no no o mina heshi ru to mo sasa wake ni nurenishi sode ya hana to miyuramu Through the autumn meadows[1]
3
Right
をみなへしあきののかぜにうちなびきこころひとつをたれによすらん
ominaeshi aki no nokaze ni uchinabiki kokoro hitotsu o tare ni yosuran The maidenflower,
The Minister of the Left[2] [3]
[1] This poem is an acrostic, where the syllables of the word ‘maidenflower’ (ominaeshi ) are included as part of other words in the poem. It is thus understood that the final reference to ‘flowers’ (hana 花) is to these.
[2] Fujiwara no Tokihira 藤原時平 (871-909).
[3] Kokinshū IV: 230; Shinsen man’yōshū 532; Kokin rokujō 3660
Topic unknown.
岩なみの木ずゑにかかる心ちしてむすばまほしき庭の松風
iwanami no The waves breaking on the rocks,
The Monk Ken’en
Left
吹く風の我が宿にくる夏の夜は月の影こそすずしかりけれ
fuku kaze no wa ga yado ni kuru natsu no yo wa tsuki no kage koso suzushikarikere The gusting breeze
57
Right
ゆふされば蛍よりけにもゆるとも光みえねば人ぞつれなき
yū sareba With the fall of evening,
Tomonori
58[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 562/Shinsen man’yōshū 69/Kokin rokujō VI: 4013
Left
夏の風我が袂にしつつまればおもはむ人のつとにしてまし
natsu no kaze wa ga tamoto ni shi tsutsumareba omowamu hito no tsuto ni shitemashi The summer breeze
51
Right
なつ草のしげき思ひは蚊遣火の下にのみこそもえ渡りけれ
natsukusa no shigeki omoi wa kayaribi no shita ni nomi koso moewatarikere As summer grasses
52[1]
[1] Shinchokusenshū XII: 709/Shinsen man’yōshū 79
Round Eight
Left
秋風の吹来る声はやまながらなみ立ちかへるおとぞきこゆる
akikaze no fukikuru koe wa yama nagara nami tachikaeru oto zo kikoyuru The autumn breeze’s
15
Right
すみの江の松を秋風吹くからにこゑうちそふる沖つ白なみ
suminoe no matsu o akikaze fuku kara ni koe uchisouru oki tsu shiranami At Suminoe
16
Spring
Round 1
Left
やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
yamakaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana With the mountain breeze
Minamoto no Maszumi[1]
Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
harugasumi tatsu hi no kaze no ito nare ya taki no o tokete tama to midaruru The haze of spring
2
[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5
人しれぬ思ひありそのはま風に浪のよるこそいはまほしけれ
hito shirenu omoi ariso no hamakaze ni nami no yoru koso iwamahoshikere Unknown to all
Middle Captain Toshitada
In reply.
おとにきくたかしの浜のあだ波はかけじや袖のぬれもこそすれ
oto ni kiku takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure By repute
18[1]
[1] This poem is attributed to Kii, from the residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko 祐子内親王家紀伊 in Hyakunin isshu (72).
On the cold wind.
木がらしのおとはすぎにし時なれどときはにつねに松にふく風
kogarashi no The biting wind’s
Anonymous
あきのよにかりとなくねをきくときは我がみのうへと思ひこそすれ
aki no yo ni kari to naku ne o kiku toki wa wa ga mi no ue to omoi koso sure On an autumn night,
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いまよりはいざまつかげにたちよらむ秋のもみぢはかぜさそひけり
ima yori wa iza matsu kage ni tachiyoramu aki no momiji wa kaze sasoikeri From now it is, that
54
しら露のおきしくのべを見るごとにあはれは秋ぞかずまさりける
shiratsuyu no okishiku nobe o miru goto ni aware wa aki zo kazu masarikeru Silver dewdrops,
31
あきかぜのうちふくからにはなもはもみだれてもちるのべの草きか
aki kaze no uchifuku kara ni hana mo ha mo midarete mo chiru nobe no kusaki ka The autumn breeze
32
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