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SKKS XVII: 1653

For the place where Nunohiki Falls was painted, on a screen in the Saishō Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.

久方のあまつをとめが夏衣雲井にさらすぬのびきのたき

hisakata no
ama tsu otome ga
natsugoromo
kumoi ni sarasu
nunohiki no taki
Eternal
Heavenly maidens
Their summer garb
Rinsing among the clouds—
The cataract at Nunohiki

Lord Ari’ie

A kuzushiiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SZS III: 136

Composed on the conception of changing into summer clothes, when a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to His Majesty, Emperor Horikawa.
夏ごろもはなのたもとにぬぎかへて春のかたみもとまらざりけり

natsugoromo
hana no tamoto ni
nugikaete
haru no katami mo
tomarazarikeri
For summer garb
Blossom-laden sleeves
I remove, and with the change
Those keepsakes of springtime
Fail to linger on.

Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa