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			This poem forms a pair with the previous one, although in this case the poet (and his friends) can take the blossoms home.

			The use of the word ''kataru'' is noted by several commentators: this is not simply telling the friends about the blossoms but recounting the story of the entire day. Tō no Tsuneyori said that this was a good form for spring poems. The "extra feeling" of the suggestion of additional people with Sosei has also been praised. Finally, McCullough uses this as an example of a common rhetorical device of Sosei: "the question...[used] to preface or explain a proposed course of action"(372-373).

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== Text ==

山の桜を見てよめる

Read on seeing mountain cherries

素性法師

Priest [[Sosei]]

見てのみや人に語らん桜花手ごとに折りていへづとにせん

{{PoemPair
|orig=
<poem>
mi-te nomi ya
hito ni katara-n
sakurabana
tegoto ni ori-te
iezuto ni se-n
</poem>

|trans=
<poem>
By only looking
Can we really tell others?
The cherry blossoms
Let each one break off a branch
And take them home as gifts.
</poem>
}}

== Notes ==

;Let each one
:Some commentators interpret ''tegoto ni'' as "in both hands" instead.

Other sources:

* ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' | ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' | ''[[Wakan rōeishū]]''
* ''[[Sanjū rokunin sen]]''

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[[Category:Spring]]
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