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梓弓　おして春さめ　けふふりぬ　あすさへふらば　若菜つみてむ

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梓弓おして春さめ: An あづさゆみ is a bow made of wood from the catalpa tree. Its purpose here is as a 枕詞 connecting to 春, because the bow is drawn (張る) back. Usually 梓弓 connects directly to 春. Here おして is inserted, and the role of that word is the subject of dispute. Katagiri and Takeoka both agree that おして applies to the falling rain, meaning that it is falling everywhere. In this they followed Template:Edo's second KKS commentary (打聞), but in his previous commentary (続万葉) he supported an older theory that it connects to つむ, meaning pluck all the flowers. There's some uncertainty where おす can apply to some action of the bow or whether it only has the "all encompassing" meaning.