Talk:Egyō (Nara period)

Better poem format[edit]

The WAM tool apparently doesn't count the words contained in templates, so in the interim I'm moving this to the talk page, and will add it back at a later date, probably when I've got sources for the OJ and translation. (BTW, I know the translation is dogshit.) Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 13:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Man'yōgana^[1]	Modern Japanese text^[1]	Reconstructed Old Japanese^{[citation needed]}	Modern Japanese^{[citation needed]}	English translation^{[citation needed]}
吾勢故我捧而持流保寶我之婆安多可毛似加青盖	我が背子が捧げて持てるほほがしはあたかも似るか青き蓋	'	wa ga seko ga sasagete moteru hohogashiha ataka mo niru ka aoki kinugasa	That magnolia, which my lord doth bear, verily, it resembles a verdant umbrella of silk.

^ ^a ^b University of Virginia 1999.

[FOOTNOTEUniversity_of_Virginia1999-1] University of Virginia 1999.

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