ihahitsutsu

aga omofu ago

masakiku ari koso. 15

3 I have followed the Kogi reading of the curiously involved script of this passage, hitori ko [ni ko] wo = hitori ko [wo ko] wo.

4 ihe written i-ho-he (500 houses) for ihe (iheru).

11 ihahihe is here a jar, not he a place, ni = together with.

12 [tori] shidete = shidare, hang down.

For akihagiwo, kusamakura see List m. k.

120

Wotome wo shinubite yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta (futatsu).