Minamoto no Tōru
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Under his title Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., he is the author of poem 14 in the Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology:
陸奥のしのぶもぢずり誰ゆゑに
乱れそめにしわれならなくに
Michinoku no shinobu-mojizuri tare yue ni
midare somenishi ware naranaku ni
Like Michinoku prints of the tangled leaves of ferns, it is because of you,
that I have become confused; but my love for you remains.
(based on Kokin Wakashū 14:724)
Here is another translation:
- The dye with hare’s-foot-fern, of Michinoku—who else would have made me feel as disturbed?
The poet is also famous for making a replica of the uta-makura Shiogama, a poetic place name, in his garden.[1]
His tomb resides at the Seiryō-ji, a Buddhist temple situated on what was once Saga Moor in Kyoto.
We also see two of his poems included in the Gosen Wakashū.[2]
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