{"collection":"shi","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/shi/hvj/hvj032.htm","path":"shi/hvj/hvj032.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/shi/hvj/hvj032.htm","text":"A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (The Hyakunin-isshu), tr. by William N. Porter, [1909]\nSURELY the morning moon, I thought,\n \u00a0\u00a0Has bathed the hill in light\n But, no; I see it is the snow\n \u00a0\u00a0That, falling in the night,\n \u00a0\u00a0Has made Yoshino white.\nLittle is known about this poet, but he is said to have lived some time in the tenth century. Yoshino is a mountain village in the Province of Yamato, famous for its cherry blossoms; at one time it contained the Imperial Summer Palace. In the illustration we see the poet looking across at the village on the hills all covered with snow.","title":"A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (The Hyakunin-isshu): 31. Korenori Saka-no-Uye: Saka-no-Uye no Korenori","type":"page"}