| In volume 10 of the "Manyo-shu," some waka poems related to tanabata were compiled including a spring poem 2080 ("We can meet tonight since today is tanabata. From tommorow, however, we have to wait for an another year. A year is long"). |
また、『万葉集』卷10春雜歌2080（「織女之 今夜相奈婆 如常 明日乎阻而 年者将長」）たなばたの今夜あひなばつねのごと明日をへだてて年は長けむ など七夕に纏わる歌が存在する。 |