When she presented a hundred poem sequence:
なくせみのこゑもすゞしきゆふぐれに秋をかけたるもりの下露
naku semi no
The singing cicadas
[Lady] Sanuki of the Nijō Palace
From a hundred poem sequence.
ゆふだちの雲もとまらぬ夏の日のかたぶく山にひぐらしのこゑ
yūdachi no
Shower-filled clouds
Princess Shokushi
From a poetry competition in the Tenryaku period (947-957).
鳴く声はまだ聞かねども蝉の羽の薄き衣はたちぞ着てける
naku kowe Fa
Their buzzing song
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
Once, when he had gone to someone’s house to avoid a directional taboo, he was dressed in one of his host’s robes and composed this as he prepared to return it the following morning.
蝉のはのよるの衣はうすけれどうつりがこくもにほひぬるかな
semi no Fa no
A cicada’s wing is
Ki no Tomonori
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
蝉のこゑきけばかなしな夏衣うすくや人のならむと思へば
semi no kowe
The cicadas’ cry:
Tomonori
Topic unknown.
ひぐらしのなく山里のゆふぐれは風よりほかにとふ人もなし
Figurasi no
Evening cicadas
Anonymous.
Topic unknown.
ひぐらしのなきつるなへに日はくれぬと思ふは山のかげにぞありける
Figurasi no
The evening cicadas
Anonymous.
On cicadas.
ひぐらしは時と鳴けども片戀にたわや女我れは時わかず泣く
pigurasi pa
The cicada
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