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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan · 5 of 101

4. Akahito Yamabe: Yamabe no Akahito

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Akahito Yamabe

Yamabe No Akahito

Tago no ura ni Uchi-idete mireba Shirotae no Fuji no takane ni Yuki wa furi-tsutsu.

I STARTED off along the shore, The sea shore at Tago, And saw the white and glist’ning peak Of Fuji all aglow Through falling flakes of snow.

Akahito Yamabe lived about A.D. 700, and was one of the greatest of the early poets; he was contemporary with Kaki-no-Moto, the writer of the previous verse, and like him was deified as a God of Poetry. Tago is a seaside place in the Province of Izu, famous for its beautiful view of Mount Fuji.