Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 4
Tago no ura niuchi-idete mirebashirotae noFuji no takane niyuki wa furitsutsu
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As I come out
on the seashore of Tago and look,I see the snow constantly fallingon the lofty peak of Fujiwhite as mulberry cloth

Yamabe no Akahito (fl 724-736)

[Mt Fuji]

This poem gives a picture postcard view of the snowy peak of Mt Fuji.

Tago no ura is a coastal area near the mouth of the river Fujikawa in Suruga (Shizuoka Pref.). The coast here offers a beautiful view of Mt Fuji. 
[Tago no ura photographed by Adolfo Farsari (1841 - 1898)]
Shirotae is a pillow word meaning pure whiteness (lit. white cloth made out of a kind of paper mulberry) - we already came across it in Poem No 2.
In the 20th c. this poem was often criticized as not being realistic. After all, it is impossible to see snow falling on Mt Fuji from far away Tago Bay (and anyway, when snow falls on a mountain it is covered by such heavy clouds, that you can't even see the mountain). The intention of the poet is of course just to emphasize the snowy whiteness of Fuji's peak.

[Yamabe no Akahito by Utagawa Kuniyoshi]
The poet is Yamabe no Akahito (early 8th c.), who lived somewhat later than the previous poet, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, and is also regarded as one of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals. He is considered as one of the most important poets of the Manyoshu ("The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves," which was compiled ca 759), which contains 37 tanka ...