Yamato Sanzan |
"Poem of the Three Mountains" by Naka no-Oe (son of Jomei). who later became Emperor Tenji That Kaguyama vies with Miminashi Unebi made the object of their lust Seems thus to have been since the age of the gods Things having been so in times long past It is natural, perhaps, in our own fleeting world That men contend for wives Man'yoshu 13
When Kaguyama and Miminashiyama Faced each other in duel 'Twas I namikunihara Where [the god of Abo] came to referee Man'yoshu 14 |
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