hi tsuki to tomo ni

yorodzu yo ni mo ka!

15 mi-watasu, an assumptive phrase to be read with shima.

17, 18 introduced by the Kogi to replace a supposed lost passage.

18 ura- explained as = kokoro, inner, deeper.

21, 22 refer to ohomiya (26).

25 uchi = utsukushiki (?).

1-7 epithetical of Ise no kuni; 7-20 describe the beauty of the Land of Ise; 21-34 the delightfulness of the Palace and its situation; 35 to end, the usual hope for the endurance of the happy state described.

For yasumishishi, takahikaru, minatonasu, uchihisasu, momoshikino see List m. k.

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