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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan · 95 of 101

94. The Privy Councillor Masatsune: Sangi Masatsune

The Privy Councillor Masatsune

Sangi Masatsune

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.