Hyakunin Isshu: poem 61 (Ise no Tayū [Ise no Taifu]・inishie no) After many, many years, eight-fold cherries of the capital in Nara, now bloom inside the nine-fold palace.* Read more
Hyakunin Isshu: poem 77 (Retired Emperor Sutoku・se wo hayami) Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks are joined at river’s end. Read more