49. The Minister Yoshi-nobu, of Priestly Rank: Ōnakatomi no Yoshi-nobu Ason

Mikaki mori Eji no taku hi no Yo wa moete Hiru wa kie-tsutsu Mono wo koso omoe. MY constancy to her I love I never will forsake; As surely as the Palace Guards Each night their watch-fire make And guard it till daybreak. The author was the son of the Minister Yorimoto, and he lived during the latter part of the tenth century. The illustration shows the watchman outside the Palace tending his fire.