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記 念 公 園 ： 天 皇 誕 生 日 に て |
撮 影 ： 皇 太 子 ・ 皇 太 妃 ご 成 婚 |
す ば ら し い |
め づ ら し き ： め っ た に な く |
姫 の 小 松 ： 新 宮 の 象 徴 |
二 千 一 年 を し め く く る |
さ ん ざ め く 光 を 通 し |
そ よ 風 ` 希 望 ` 新 し い 命 が |
満 ち あ ふ れ て い る |
新 宮 の 回 り は 特 別 の 光 で |
国 民 の 暖 か い 祝 福 を う け |
第 一 子 が 生 ま れ た |
皇 太 子 ご 夫 妻 に |
新 宮 の 誕 生 を 祝 っ て 詠 ん だ |
I'd like to congratulate the birth of the princess personaly because I
met her parents and had a short chat in Autumn 1997.
Crown Princess Masako is a remarkable person in that she was very
personable even though I had never met her before. I said "I like your Waka
very much. Have you started to make them after you've married ? She
answered "Yes, that's right but I enjoy it very much" "How did you study it?
Don't you find it difficult?" "As a matter of fact, it is. But I try to make
as many poems as possible and bring some to the Emperor once a month for
his review" " Oh, is it compulsory?" " No, no, not at all. It's my idea to do so.
It helps a lot". She was honest and unpretentious and very easy to talk with.