Left – Dwarf bamboo[i]
たまとのみつゆのみゆるはささがにのいとををにしてぬけばなりけり
| tama to nomi tsuyu no miyuru wa sasagani no ito o o ni shite nukeba narikeri | Simply as jewels Do the dewdrops seem, when Making the tiny crab—the spider’s Web their thread, They are strung upon it… |
4
Right
(Missing)
[i] The topic of this poem is given as ‘Dew’ (Tsuyu 露) in the other text of the match, although the poem is identical. ‘Spider’ (sasgani) contains sasa (‘dwarf bamboo’)/
Crickets
Left
ゆふさればこゑふりたててきりぎりすつゆをさむみやよもすがらなく
| yū sareba koe furitatete kirigirisu tsuyu o samumi ya yomosugara naku | When the evening comes Louder grow the cries Of the crickets— Is it the dewdrops’ chill that Has them cry the night away? |
Yoshimine no Yukikara
3
Right (Win – Tie in a certain text)
きりぎりすあきのよぶかくおもふかなねざめてきけどこゑのたえねば
| kirigirisu aki no yobukaku omou kana nezamete kikedo koe no taeneba | Crickets Deep on autumn nights Do fill my thoughts! I awaken and listen, yet Their cries then fade away… |
Miyaji no Okifuru
4
The bodyguards of the Former Former Crown Prince composed on autumn matters and matched them.
Bush Clover
Left (Win)
つゆむすぶあきはきにけりむべこそはうちとけぬねにむしのなきけれ
| tsuyu musubu akihaginikeri mube koso wa uchitokenu ni mushi no nakikere | All tangled with dewdrops The autumn bush-clover has ta’en on scarlet hues Truly, indeed, There’s no relaxing, while The insects cry. |
Sakanoue no Kuzusuke
1
Right
のべごとにこころをやらむあきはぎのさくをりかねてちらさせじとて
| nobe goto ni kokoro o yaramu akihakgi no saku orikanete chirasaseji tote | To every single meadow Is my heart a’drawn— The autumn bush-clover Blooms and I cannot pluck it, Thinking not to make it scatter… |
Tomo no Toshizane
2
Composed when I had instructed various people to compose on ‘In the autumn fields / Drop whitened dewdrops: / Can they be jewels’.[i]
ささがにの玉ぬくいとのををよわみ風にみだれて露ぞこぼるる
| sasagani no tama nuku ito no o o yowami kaze ni midarete tsuyu zo koboruru | A tiny crab, the spider Strings gems on her web, Threads so fragile, that Confused by the wind The dewdrops scatter. |
[i] A reference to: Composed at a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house. 秋ののにおくしらつゆは玉なれやつらぬきかくるくものいとすぢ aki no no ni / oku shiratsuyu wa / tama nare ya / tsuranukikakuru / kumo no itosuji ‘In the autumn fields / Drop whitened dewdrops: / Can they be jewels, / Pierced through and strung / On spider webs?’ Fun’ya no Asayasu (KKS IV: 225). Sanetomo has used the initial part of the Kokinshū poem as the topic for composition.
