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Program announcement of the short play "The Tale of the Battle of Ichinotani" (Ichinotani futaba gunki) to be followed by shichihenge or the seven dances (with seven costume changes the props of which are depicted in the image) The below are selected poems out of the 25 kyōka altogether.\r\n\r\nPoem 4 Ōchōtei Daidō\r\nNaniwazu ni/ saku kono hana no/ kaomise wo/ \r\nmitsure ba fuyu mo/ haru meki nu beshi\r\n\r\nSeeing this face bloom at its debut in Nanawa Bay will be enough to make a spring of winter\r\n\r\nPoem 11 Chikushien Itoyori\r\nAri no goto/ mi ni kuru hito no/ yama mine ya (reading?)\r\nmitsu ga shiuchi no/ ama wa kure ite\r\n\r\nPoem 12 Kyōwarō Mutsumi (Bokujitsu)\r\nNaniwazu no/ hito ni misebaya/ Sumida no yuki\r\nUeno no hana ni/ Musashino no tsuki\r\n\r\nThe stage is set to show those in Naniwa the highlights--snow along the Sumida, flowers in Ueno, the moon over Musashino\r\n\r\nPoem 13 Ryūsai Chimata　\r\nToku kaere/ tsuki yuki hana wo/ mitsuai ni\r\nyori te wari nuru/ aoyagi no ito\r\n\r\nCome home soon! when the willow's green strands burst apart in bloom, completing the trio of moon, snow and flower\r\n\r\nPoem 15 Tetsunoya Tatenari\r\nNaniwa made/ sasage izuran (ideran?)/ shichihenge\r\ntsuki yuki hana no/ mitsu dai no mono\r\n\r\nTo Naniwa/ he shall present/ the dance of seven changes,/ and fill the stage/ with/ all the glories of the seasons. (updated 9-9-2019)\r\n\r\nPoem 23 Fukusō Mitsuba (Manyō)\r\nKumagai no/ shiuchi ni mune mo/ kenbutsu mo\r\nitsuhai to (ippai to) naru/ nagori kyougen\r\n\r\nYour Kumagai fills the audience and their hearts to the brim--leaving a good name behind with this farewell performnce\r\n\r\nTranslations AH 1/19/2018.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n＃４　黄鳥亭大道\r\n難波津尓　咲此花能　顔見世を　三津連八冬も　春めきぬへし\r\n\r\n＃１１　竹芝園糸頼\r\n蟻の如　見尓来る人の　山峰や　三川可志うち能　あま者暮ひて\r\n\r\n＃１２　教和樓睦實\r\n難波津の　人尓見せ者や　墨田能雪　上野の花尓　武蔵野の月\r\n\r\n＃１３　　柳齋千萬多\r\n登く帰連　月雪花を　三つあひ尓　より天王りぬ累　青柳の糸\r\n　\r\n\r\n＃１５　鉄迺屋楯成\r\n難波まて　ささげ出らん　七変化　月雪花乃　三津臺の物\r\n\r\n＃２３　福草満葉\r\n熊谷の　志うち尓胸も　見物も　いつ者いと奈る　名残狂言\r\n\r\n\r\n