Gosenshu 11

後撰和歌集巻第一

恋三

• 恋歌三（行）

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女につかはしける

• 女に] 女のもとに（行・中・堀・雲・坊・八*・標）

三條右大臣

名にしおはゞ　相坂山の　さねかづら　人にしられで　くるよしも哉

• おはば] おへば（堀*）
• 人にしられで] 人にしれて（堀）
• もがな] もかなら（堀）

名にしおはゞ

Perhaps borrowed from the famous Ise 9 poem on the 都鳥.

相坂山

As usual this plays on 逢ふ, but here it also leads into the さねかづら growing on the mountain.

さねかづら

A type of evergreen 蔓草. Here it leads into くる (playing on 繰る and 来る). The さね part suggests さ寝.

しられで

Tameie evidently reads this as しられて and interprets as "if people are going to know anyway, I'd rather it be a pleasant meeting." However, the usual reading is しられで (the poet wants a way to meet without being known.

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Katagiri believes that a cutting from a かづら was probably sent along with the poem, to make the imagery more evident.

Other sources:

• 古今和歌六帖３８８８（さねかづら）
• 三条右大臣集１８. Prose preface 女のもとにつかはしける.
• 新時代不同歌合６２
• 百人秀歌　百人一首　定家八代抄　五代歌枕（相坂山）　歌枕名寄