The Beginning of Winter
Left (Tie)
しものうへにふるはつゆきのあさごほりとけむほどこそひさしかりけれ
shimo no ue ni furu hatsuyuki no asagōri tokemu hodo koso hisashikarikeri Upon the frost
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Right
かみなづきもみぢのいろはふくかぜとたにのみづとぞおとしはてつる
kaminazuki momiji no iro wa fuku kaze to tani no mizu to zo otoshihatetsuru In the Godless Month
Mitsune
Composed on early snow for a palace poetry contest held in Eishō 4 [1049].
みやこにもはつゆきふればをの山のまきのすみがまたきまさるらん
miyako ni mo In the capital, too
Sagami
When he had not come to call for a very long time, she said this on a morning when a little snow had fallen, around the Tenth Month.
身をつめばあはれとぞ思ふはつ雪のふりぬることもたれにいはまし
mi o tumeba When I pinch myself,
Ukon
[One of] two poems composed when they assembled at the residence of Junior Secretary of Ceremonial Otomo sukune Ikenushi for a banquet on the 23rd day.
初雪は千重に降りしけ恋ひしくの多かる我れは見つつ偲はむ
patuyuki pa O, first snows
Ōhara no Imaki
Winter
Round Eleven
Left
霜のうへにふる初雪の朝氷とけむほどこそひさしかりけれ
shimo no ue ni furu hatsuyuki no asagōri tokemu hodo koso hisashikarikere Upon the frosts
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Right (Win)
いつのまにふりつもりけんみよしのの山のかひよりくづれ落つる雪
itsu no ma ni furitsumoriken miyoshino no yama no kai yori kuzure’otsuru yuki All of a sudden
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[1] Kokin rokujō I: 696
On winter rain, from a hundred poem sequence on the four seasons, composed in Jōkyū 2 [1220].
都人ちぎりしものをはつ雪に松の葉をしき夕暮の雨
miyakobito Capital folk
Lord Ietaka, Junior Second Rank
First snow seen at dawn (暁見初雪)
Left
鏡山あか月方に見わたせばあまぎりあひて初雪ぞふる
kagamiyama akatsukikata ni miwataseba amagiri aite hatsuyuki zo furu When Mirror Mountain
Fujiwara no Akinobu, Secretary of Music
Right
あさぼらけまだふみ分けぬ初雪にいづれを道とわきぞかねつる
asaborake mada fumiwakenu hatsuyuki ni izure o michi to waki zo kanetsuru By dawn’s first light
Akichika, Ranked without office
First Snow 初雪
めもはるに花かとぞみるしもがれの草木もわかずふれる初皆
me mo haru ni Before my eyes, do spring
Daishin
First Snow 初雪
しもがれの草にやつるる故郷に今朝はつ雪のめづらしきかな
shimogare no Frost-burned
Higo
First Snow 初雪
めづらしき花のみやこの初雪を九重にさへふらしてぞみる
mezurashiki Unusually,
Toshiyori
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