The Naniwazu poem is from the beginning of a reign. [When the Ōsasagi Emperor was a prince in Naniwa, he and the crown prince kept ceding the title and not taking the throne for three years. Because of this, a man named Wani was concerned and respectfully offered a poem. It shall be said that the flowers are plum blossoms.] <...>
(Mostly Classical) Japanese Literature: poetry and prose; excerpts, translations, and other drafts of a scholar