| Included in "Senzai-wakashu" (Collection of a Thousand Years), one of the "Chokusen Wakashu" collection of waka compiled for the emperor, 'mutsu-no-kuni ni makarikeru toki, nakoso no seki nite hana no chiri kereba yomeru' (You can understand when you ride to Nakoso checkpoint in Mutsu Province and kick up scattered flowers). |
勅撰和歌集の一つである『千載和歌集』に収録されており、「陸奥国にまかりける時、勿来の関にて花の散りければよめる」とある。 |