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SKKS IX: 883

When Cloistered Prince Shukaku ordered him to compose a fifty poem sequence.

たれとしもしらぬ別のかなしきはまつらがおきをいづるふな人

tare to shimo
shiranu wakare no
kanashiki wa
matsura ga oki o
izuru funabito
Who that is
I know not, but parting’s
Sadness strikes
On the offing at Matsura where
He departs on his boat…  

Lord Fujiwara no Takanobu

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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