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寛平御時きさいの宮の歌合によめる

源むねゆきの朝臣

ときはなる　松のみどりも　春くれば　今ひとしほの　色まさりけり

Translation

新撰和歌１１
古今和歌六帖３５１１・もどり・宗于
和漢朗詠集４２７・宗于
宗于集９
寛平御時后宮歌合３９. vs くる春にあはむことこそかたからめ過行く方におくれずもがな
中宮亮重家朝臣家歌合１０４, 判詞. The Left's poem had suggested that pines do not know spring because they don't change, and the judge cited this poem as a poetic precedent that even pines changed a bit in spring.
俊成三十六人歌合６７. One of three poems of Muneyuki's selected by Shunzei.
若宮社歌合建久二年三月４６, 判詞. The Right's poem said that pines were notified of spring by the wind blowing across plum blossoms, and the judge cited this poem in support of the idea.
新時代不同歌合５５
三十六人撰　深窓秘抄
古来風体抄　桐火桶　定家八代抄