For a picture of Asaka Marsh, drawn on a screen in the Saishō Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.
のべはいまだあさかのぬまにかるくさのかつ見るまゝにしげるころかな
| nobe wa imada asaka no numa ni karu kusa no katsu miru mama ni shigeru koro kana |
Not yet in the fields, but At the marsh of Asaka The stalks for reaping of Wild rice – under my eyes Grow lushly upwards now. |
Fujiwara no Masatsune (1170 – 1221)
Composed when she was Kamo High Priestess, at the shrine buildings.
わすれめやあふひをくさにひきむすびかりねのゝべのつゆのあけぼの
| wasureme ya aoi o kusa ni hikimusubi karine no nobe no tsuyu no akebono |
Will I forget, I wonder, Hollyhocks for my pillow Plucked and twined, Sleeping briefly in the fields On this dew-drenched dawning. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王