Poetry exchange before Emperor Ichijō
· Heian Palace, Heian-kyō (Kyoto), Japan
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional public-domain work of art (CC PDM 1.0) · file During a spring palace scene, Emperor Ichijō asked Shōnagon and other gentlewomen to write classical-poetry passages; Shōnagon mixed ink and submitted an adapted poem. Only the year is used because the source gives the season, not a Gregorian-calendar date.
