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GSIS XVII: 987

Composed when he had gone to the residence of Narisuke, the Chief Priest of Kamo, when drunk, was sorrowing that he had yet to be promoted.

もみぢするかつらのなかにすみよしのまつのみひとりみどりなるかな

momidisuru
katura no naka ni
sumiyosi no
matu no mi Fitori
midori naru kana
Among the scarlet-leaved
Katsura,
Sumiyoshi’s
Solitary pinecone
Is green!

Kunimoto, the Governor of Tsu