Wisteria Blossom
Left (Win)
おそくさくふぢのはなゆゑいつしかとわれさへまつにかかりぬるかな
osoku saku fuji no hana yue itsushika to ware sae matsu ni kakarinuru kana Late to bloom are
19[i]
Right
ちることもうつるもしらじのどかなるまつにかかれるむらさきのふぢ
chiru koto mo utsuru mo shiraji nodoka naru matsu ni kakareru murasaki no fuji That t’will scatter and
20
[i] Also included in Saigū nyōgo kishi joō uta’awase (19).
Topic unknown.
手もふれでをしむかひなく藤の花そこにうつれば浪ぞをりける
te mo Furede Intangible, they are, but
Mitsune
When a wisteria blossom banquet was held at the Hall of Flying Fragrances during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
うすくこくみだれてさける藤の花ひとしき色はあらじとぞ思ふ
usuku koku Both deep and pale
The Ononomiya Grand Minister 小野宮太政大臣
In a hundred poem sequence.
夏にこそさきかかりけれふぢの花松にとのみも思ひけるかな
natu ni koso In summer, above all,
Shigeyuki
伊佐左可尓 念而来之乎 多祜乃浦尓 開流藤見而 一夜可経
isasaka ni Just for a moment
Secretary Kume no asomi Hironawa
判官久米朝臣広縄
Round Eleven
Left (T – Win; M – Tie)
逢ふことをその年月と契らねば命や恋の限なるらむ
au koto o sono toshitsuki to chigiraneba inochi ya koi no kagiri naruramu That we might meet
Lord Shigemoto
Right
よとともにもえこそわたれ我が恋は不二の高根のけぶりならねど
yo to tomo ni moe koso watare wa ga koi wa fuji no takane no keburi naranedo With the coming of the night
Lord Toshitaka
Toshiyori states: the first poem doesn’t seem bad. The second poem nothing but cliched. Thus, the first poem should win.
Mototoshi states: while love lasting lifelong without even a promise to meet over years and months is a painfully moving conception, someone burning every night is dear, too. Thus, it’s not inferior and these are of the same quality.
Wisteria Blooms
むらさきに色あかりゆくふぢのはなこずゑたかくもなりにけるかな
murasaki ni iro akariyuku fuji no hana kozue takaku mo narinikeru kana In violet’s
20
ふじのねのけぶりも空にたつものをなどかおもひの下にもゆらん
fuji no ne no keburi mo sora ni tatsu mono o nado ka omoi no shita ni moyuran Above the peak of Fuji
468
みわたせば雲ゐはるかに雪しろしふじの高ねの明ぼのの空
miwataseba kumoi haruka ni yuki shiroshi fuji no takane no akebono no sora When I gaze across,
366
春すぎていくかもあらねどわがやどの池の藤浪うつろひにけり
haru sugite ikuka mo aranedo wa ga yado no ike no fujinami utsuroinikeri Spring has passed
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