Left
たづのすむはまべににほふとこなつはいとどのどけきかげぞみえける
tazu no sumu hamabe ni niou tokonatsu wa itodo nodokeki kage zo miekeru Cranes dwell
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Right (Win)
やまがつのかきほながらにうつしうゑていつとなくみむとこなつのはな
yamagatsu no kakio nagara ni utsushi uete itsu to naku mimu tokonatsu no hana Even by a woodcutter’s
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[i] This poem is included in Fubokushō (IX: 3460), attributed to Nakatsukasa, with the headnote ‘Poetry Match held by Junior Consort Yoshiko (Hōshi) in the Fifth Month, Tenryaku 10’. In some texts of the match, there is a minor variation in the wording of the final line, having iro (‘hues’), instead of kage (‘shapes’) as here.
Left – Pinks
もも草のときにつけつつさく中にいつともわかぬとこ夏の花
momokusa no toki ni tsuketsutsu saku naka ni itsu tomo wakanu tokonatsu no hana A hundred grasses
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Right
よろづよにぬるとこなつの花なればうつろふ秋もまたれざりけり
yorozuyo ni nuru tokonatsu no hana nareba utsurou aki mo matarezarikeri For ten thousand ages
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Topics
Pinks Silver grass Karukaya Maidenflowers Orchids Bush clover Marlberry Scarlet leaves Bamboo Asters Evergreens Gentian
Poetry Match
Pinks
Left
あきののの花はさきつつうつろへどいつともわかぬやどのとこ夏
aki no no no hana wa sakitsutsu utsuroedo itsu to mo wakanu yado no tokonatsu In the autumn meadows,
1
Right
秋ののをみるよりも又あしひきの山となでしこさきにけるかな
aki no no o miru yori mo mata ashihiki no yamato nadeshiko sakinikeru kana Upon the autumn meadows
2
The grasses’ fragrance.
床夏の露うちはらふ宵ごとに草のかうつるわがたもとかな
tokonatsu no From the pinks
Saemon
うち払ふ袖も露けき常夏にあらし吹きそふ秋も来にけり
uchiharau sode mo tsuyukeki tokonatsu ni arashi fukisou aki mo kinikeri Swept clean
An allusive variation on KKS III: 167 .
咲きまじる色はいづれと分かねどもなほ常夏にしくものぞなき
sakimajiru iro wa izure to wakanedomo nao tokonatsu ni shiku mono zo naki Between the blend of blossoming
Sent to the grandfather, a man whose daughter had died, on seeing how fond he was of his grandchild.
いにしへの形見にこれや山賤の撫でゝおはせる常夏の花
inisFe no
Of times gone-by
At a time when I confined as a result of many observances, and I found myself unable to keep calm for thinking of her:
もろともに起き伏し物を思ふともいざ常夏の露となりけむ
morotomo ni
BothWell-bedded pinks: upon them should we be!
'Simply moving and elegant'
