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THE CULTURAL FOUNDATION ON PROMOTING THE NATIONAL COSTUME OF JAPAN |
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SUMMER GARMENT
FROM KOKIN WAKASHU, BOOK II, SPRING BY KI NO TSURAYUKI HITOME MISHI KIMI MO YA KURU TO SAKURABANA KYO WA MACHIMITE CHIRABA CHIRANAN WILL YOU COME, MY LORD OF WHOM I HAVE HAD BUT A SINGLE GLANCE, TO SEE THESE CHERRY BLOSSOMS? FOR TODAY I SHALL WAIT AND WATCH FOR YOU; LET THE PETALS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.