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40. Kanemori Taira: Taira no Kanemori

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Kanemori Taira

Taira No Kanemori

Shinoburedo Iro ni ide ni keri Waga koi wa Mono ya omou to Hito no tou made.

ALAS! the blush upon my cheek, Conceal it as I may, Proclaims to all that I’m in love, Till people smile and say— ‘Where are thy thoughts to-day?’

This verse is said to have been composed in the year 949, at the request of the Emperor Daigo. The Taira family sprang from the Emperor Kwammu, attained great influence three hundred years later, but finally fell before the power of the Minamoto clan in the year 1185 (see note to verse No. 28).