When she presented a hundred-poem sequence.
ちりかかるもみぢの色はふかけれどわたればにごる山川の水
chirikakaru The fallen, scattered
Sanuki, from the Nijō Palace
Created with Soan .
Love and Waterfalls
山河の滝ははやくもおもほえず恋の涙ぞおちまさりける
yamakawa no A mountain river’s
Kinoshita Takafumi
Sent when a man who had been talking to her over a number of years ceased to visit.
はやくよりあさきこころとみてしかばおもひたえにき山河の水
Fayaku yori If earlier
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
ちるはなにせきとめらるるやま川のふかくも春のなりにけるかな
tiru Fana ni Fallen blossoms
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
This match took place when, hearing that his courtiers were composing poetry, His Majesty ordered them to compose love poems to the ladies in attendance.
おもひあまりいかでもらさんおく山の岩かきこむる谷の下みづ
omoi’amari ikade morasan okuyama no iwa kakikomuru tani no shitamizu My passion’s full, so
Major Counsellor Kinzane
In reply
いかなれば音にのみきく山川の浅きにしもはこころよすらん
ika nareba oto ni nomi kiku yamakawa no asaki ni shimo wa kokoro yosuran For some reason,
[Nakako,] The Suō Handmaid
Icicles
浪かくる岩まひまなくたるひして氷とぢたる山川の水
nami kakuru iwama himanaku taruhishite kōri tojitaru yamakawa no mizu Waves hang from
Akisue
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
山川の岩まのささのひたすらにしのびしふしはあらはれにけり
yamakawa no Along a mountain stream
Toshiyori
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
山河にともなきをしはかげをみてひとつがひある心ちすらしも
yamakawa ni In a mountain stream
Kanemasa
花の散り紅葉流るる山川も人を渡さむためとこそ聞け
hana no chiri
Blossoms fall, and
Fujiwara no Shunzei
'Simply moving and elegant'
