Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi – 08

「末の松山 清原元輔/実方と諾子 藤原実方朝臣」 (Suenomatsu Yama Kiyohara no Motosuke/Sanekata to Nagiko Fujiwara Sanekata Choushin)
“Mount Suenomatsu Kiyohara no Motosuke/Sanekata and Nagiko The Honorable Fujiwara Sanekata”

Love is a force that ebbs and flows like the tide, following the course of nature rather than the desires of those involved.

Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi – 07

「義孝と源保光の娘/高内侍と道隆」 (Yoshitaka to Minamoto Yasumitsu no Musume/Kou Naishi to Michitaka)
“Yoshitaka and the Daughter of Minamoto Yasumitsu/Kou Naishi and Michitaka”

Uta Koi’s second arc brings two new stories to center stage, both linked by the same sense of loose continuity that punctuated the vignettes in the previous arc.