After Sukenobu’s Mother died, Atsutada often visited the house; when the cherry blossoms were falling, he was beneath a tree, when someone from the house said:
今よりは風にまかせむ櫻花散るこのもとに君とまりけり
ima yori Fa From now on
Anonymous
When going to a place far distant from his home, he garlanded some cherry blossoms from his garden.
さくら花主をわすれぬ物ならば吹き來む風に事づてはせよ
sakurabana
O, cherry blossoms,
The Minister of the Right, Sugawara [no Michizane] (845-903)
Composed going to Mt Furu in Yamato.
いその神ふるの山べの櫻花うへけむ時を知る人ぞなき
iso no kami
In Iso no Kami
Archbishop Henjō (d. 890)
On the occasion of a Ne no bi celebration by His Majesty, Retired Emperor Suzaku (923-952; r. 930-946), being unwell and unable to attend, he sent Lord [Minamoto no] Nobumitsu (923-998) this poem.
松もなき若菜もつまず成ぬるを何時しか櫻はやも咲かなむ
matu mo naki
Not a pine
The Minister of the Left [Fujiwara no Saneyori (900-970)]
Topic unknown.
春霞たなびく山のさくら花見れどもあかぬ君にもあるかな
Farugasumi
The haze of spring
Tomonori
Sent to someone in Yamato.
こえぬまはよしのの山のさくら花人づてにのみききわたるかな
koenu ma Fa
While I have not gone
Tsurayuki
Composed looking at a cherry tree, blooming in the Fourth Month.
あはれてふ事をあまたにやらじとや春におくれてひとりさくらむ
aFare teFu
‘How moving!’
Ki no Toshisada
Composed while watching the cherry blossoms fall.
Fana tirasu
The blossom scattering
The Monk Sosei
A poem by the Nara Emperor.
ふるさととなりにしならのみやこにも色はかはらず花はさきけり
Furusato to
A former home,
Emperor Heijō
Topic unknown.
春雨のふるは涙かさくら花ちるををしまぬ人しなければ
Farusame no
The spring showers
Ōtomo no Kuronushi (late 9th Century)大友黒主
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