Kyotansho 1
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春歌上 Spring Volume 1 - 67 poems
- The "Ritsurekishi" volume of the Chronicles of Han says: "春 is 蠢 (movement). The moving creatures are born."
- Teacher says: The spring, autumn, and miscellaneous volumes are divided into two books because the number of poems is large.
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ふるとしに春たちける日よめる
- This is the start of spring in the old year.
- Sogi says: The use of ふるとし in this preface is to bring past and present together. The spirit of Tsurayuki is the same as the spirit of Hitomaro. And also the heart of the current Emperor is the same as that of Emperor Monmu. Since they found a poem that exactly captured this feeling, they wrote this.
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