The retired emperor composed this waka when he saw a fully bloomed sakura-flower at his Imperial villa in the spring of the year after his 50th birthday ceremony. Kokoroaraba nioiwosoeyo sakurabana nochinoharuwoba itsukamirubeki. (The Senzai Wakashū (an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry), …
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