Round Twenty-One
Left (Win)
小倉山木木のもみぢのくれなゐはみねの嵐のおろすなりけり
ogurayama kigi no momiji no kurenai wa mine no arashi no orosu narikeri On gloomy Mount Ogura
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
fukaku asaki momijiba nagaru asukagawa fuchise wa iro ni arawarenikeri Across both depths and shallows
Shun’e
Neither of these is bad. The Right violates the five syllable pattern; the Left has no faults.
Round Twenty
Scarlet Leaves
Left (Tie)
秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば
aki sareba akatsuki tsuyu ni imo ga sode makigi no yama ni niou momijiba When the autumn comes,
Masashige
Right
下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな
shitazome wa onaji midori ni mishi hodo mo momiji no iro no usuku koki kana First dyed
Kūnin
The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.
Round Ten
Left (Win)
よひのまぞ人をばまちしほととぎすあくるまでこそねられざりけれ
yoi no ma zo hito oba machishi hototogisu akuru made koso nerarezarikere All night long
Shun’e
Right
花はすぎ紅葉はまだき夏山にをりえてもなく時鳥かな
hana wa sugi momiji wa madaki natsuyama ni oriete mo naku hototogisu kana The blossoms are past, and
Kenshō
The Left’s poem certainly commands one’s interest.
A poem written on a folding screen with paintings of the four seasons, created as a backdrop for the fortieth birthday celebrations of Lord Fujiwara, Major Captain of the Right, by the Principal Handmaid – Autumn.
秋くれど色もかはらぬときは山よそのもみぢを風ぞかしける
aki kuredo Autumn has come, yet
Sakanoe no Korenori
Created with Soan.
When she presented a hundred-poem sequence.
ちりかかるもみぢの色はふかけれどわたればにごる山川の水
chirikakaru The fallen, scattered
Sanuki, from the Nijō Palace
Created with Soan .
Composed on the conception of falling leaves.
たつた山ふもとの里はとほけれどあらしのつてにもみぢをぞみる
tatutayama Tatsuta Mountain
Hōribe no Narinaka
Created with Soan .
Topic unknown.
ほのぼのとあり明の月のつきかげにもみぢ吹きおろす山おろしのかぜ
honobono to Faintly
Lord Minamoto no Sane’akira
Created with Soan .
When various people went to view the scarlet leaves by the Ōi River in the Tenth Month.
大井河かはべのもみぢちらぬまはとなせのきしにながゐしぬべし
ōigawa kawabe no momiji chiranu ma wa tonase no kishi ni nagainubeshi On the Ōi River’s
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Left
をしめどもとまらぬ秋は常盤山もみぢはてぬとみてもゆるさじ
oshimedomo tomaranu aki wa tokiwayama momiji hatenu to mite mo yurusaji I regret it, yet
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Right
としごとにとまらぬ秋とおもひなばてもろき人もをしまざらまし
toshigoto ni tomaranu aki to omoinaba temoroki hito mo oshimazaramashi If, that every single year
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Left
いまはとてすぎゆく秋のかたみにはかぜのおくれにもみぢをやみん
ima wa tote sugiyuku aki no katami ni wa kaze no okure ni momiji o ya min Might now be when
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Right
あきながらとしはくれなん紅葉ばをぬさとちらせる山のみねより
aki nagara toshi wa kurenan momijiba o nusa to chiraseru yama no mine yori It’s autumn, so
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