Rhododendron [sakunamusa].
紫の色にはさくなむさしのの草のゆかりと人もこそ見れ
| murasaki no iro ni Fa saku na musasino no kusa no yukari to Fito mo koso mire | In violet Hues it must bloom not— Lest on Musashi Plain With the grasses a bond Folk, too, imagine! |
Dharma Master Jogan
Jogan alludes to the sentiments expressed in KKS XVII: 867 here.
Left (Win)
むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ
| musashino ni iro ya kayoeru fuji no hana wakamurasaki ni somete miyuramu | On Musashi Plain Are their colours blending? The wisteria blossom has The gromwell with violet Dyed, it seems… |
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Right
あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ
| akazushite sugiyuku haru o yobukodori yobikaeshitsu to kite mo tsugenamu | Unsated by The passage of spring, The songbird Has called it back—that Is what I would have him announce! |
Okikaze 30
On the moon passing over the plain, when he presented a fifty poem sequence.
行く末は空もひとつの武蔵野に草の原より出づる月影
| yukusue wa sora mo hitotsu no musashino ni kusa no hara yori izuru tsukikage |
Its destination: The skies, one with Musashi Plain, where From among the fields of grass Emerges moonlight. |
The Regent and Prime Minister (Fujiwara no Yoshitsune)
When I had begged some purple dye from the Director of the Bureau of Palace Equipment and Upkeep, to say she would send it:
かこつべき故もなき身に武蔵野のわか紫をなにゝめすらむ
| kakotubeki yuFe mo naki mi ni musasino no wakamurasaki wo nani ni mesuramu |
A complaint of A relationship with me have you none, so why Musashi plain’s Fresh violet Might you request? |
