Spring Breeze
Left (Tie)
やまがはのみかさまされりはるかぜにたにのこほりはとけにけらしも
yamagawa no mikasa masareri harukaze ni tani no kōri wa tokenikerashi mo The mountain stream’s
3[i]
Right
やまがはのながれまさるははるかぜにたにのこほりを吹きてとくらむ
yamagawa no nagare masaru wa harukaze ni tani no kōri o fukite tokuramu The mountain stream is
Tadami
[i] This poem is included in Shoku goshūishū (I: 39), attributed to Kanemori, with the headnote ‘A poem from the Poetry Match held by the Reikeiden Junior Consort’.
Composed when various people were composing poems on ice at the Victory of Enlightenment Hall.
山がはもこほりにけりないまよりはとどろきおちしおとたゆるまで
yamagaFa mo The mountain stream
Scarlet leaves
Left
つねよりもはやきもみぢはしらつゆのわきて心をおけるとやみん
tsune yori mo hayaki momiji wa shiratsuyu no wakite kokoro o okeru to ya min Earlier than
15
Right
もみぢばのながれてせけばやまがははあさきよりなほみづやひぬらん
momijiba no nagarete sekeba yamagawa wa asaki yori nao mizu ya hinuran Scarlet leaves
16
あきのむしなどわびしげにこゑのするたのめしかげに露やもりくる
aki no mushi nado wabishige ni koe no suru tanomeshi kage ni tsuyu ya morikuru Why do the autumn insects
67
もみぢばのながれてゆけば山がはのあさきせだにもあきはふかみぬ
momijiba no nagareteyukeba yamagawa no asaki se dani mo aki wa fukaminu The scarlet leaves
68
かりのみとうはのそらなるなみだこそあきのたもとのつゆとおくらめ
kari nomi to uwa no sora naru namida koso aki no tamoto no tsuyu to okurame The geese simply from
49
山がはのたきつせしばしよどまなむあきのもみぢのいろとめて見む
yamagawa no takitsuse shibashi yodomanamu aki no momiji no iro tomete mimu The mountain river’s
50
Left (Tie).
sanaFe yori From seedlings
Anonymous
Right.
aki no ta ni In the autumn fields
Yori’ie
'Simply moving and elegant'