No.2 Mount Ama-No-Kagi;-- A Picture
Late 7th century. Empress Jitō was the daughter of Tenchi in No.1.
Mount Ama-No-Kagu;– A Picture
Spring, it seems, has passed,
And the summer come again;
For the silk-white robes,
So ’tis said, are spread to dry
On the “Mount of Heaven’s Perfume.”
Jitō Tennō (Empress Jitō)
Haru sugite
Natsu kinikerashi
Shirotae no
Koromo hosu tefu
Ama-no-kagu yama.
About this poetry
At Salty Dog Digital we’ve decided to gradually republish Clay MacCauley’s translation of Single Songs of a Hundred Poets – a collection of japanese poetry from the seventh through thirteenth centuries. Sixty four of these poems are the rewards in our game fourtex zen.
No.3 A Song Of Longing
No.1 An Emperor's Sympathy