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94. The Privy Councillor Masatsune: Sangi Masatsune

A Hundred Verses from Old Japan · 1 passage

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Miyoshino no Yama no aki kaze Sayo fukete Furu sato samuku Koromo utsu nari. AROUND Mount Miyoshino's crest The autumn winds blow drear; The villagers are beating cloth, Their merry din I hear, This night so cold and clear. Masatsune was a son of the writer of verse No. 83; he died in the year 1221. He appears in the illustration sitting alone in his house, listening to the sound of the villagers beating the cloth to make it supple.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file shi/hvj/hvj095.htm.

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