“A poem ordered by the emperor to celebrate the ninetieth year of Fujiwara no Ason, junior first rank, at the Kitayama Mansion on a spring day.”

May your years be limitless;
Ninety already passed,
Thousands yet to come:
This is but the spring. [3.18]

sad girl



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From The Confessions of Lady Nijō, translated by Karen Brazell - About this site