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94
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.
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