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ROUND Mount Miyoshino’s crest The autumn winds blow drear; The villagers are beating cloth, Their merry din I hear, This night so cold and clear.

Masatsune was a son of the writer of ; he died in the year 1221. He appears in the illustration sitting alone in his house, listening to the sound of the villagers beating the cloth to make it supple.