Morning Snow
New Year’s tanka composed and written by crown princess Nagako (wife of Emperor Hirohito) probably 1925.
Asa Hare Yuki
kigi wa mina
mashiro ni yuki no
furitsumite
hatsuhi nodoka ni
sashiidenikeri
Bright Morning Snow
The trees are pure white under a snowfall on the first day of the year, dawning peacefully
