Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 26
Ogura-yamamine no momoji-hakokoro arabaima hitotabi nomiyuki matanamu
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If the maple leaves
on the peak of Mt Ogura
could have hearts
they would wait
for the Royal Outing
Fujiwara no Tadahira (880?949)

[Arashiyama, Kyoto]
Nisonin Temple on Mt Ogura (in Kyoto's Arashiyama/Sagano area) is famous as the place where Fujiwara Teika had his villa and where he is supposed to have compiled the Hyakunin Isshu anthology. Verdant Sagano was a kind of resort area (like Uji in Poem 8), with fresh air and clear rapids, a world away from the noisy and dusty city. Many Heian aristocrats had villas here. 
The exact location in Sagano of Teika's villa is however not known from independent sources - the idea that it was Nisonin comes from poetry fans in the Edo-period and has no scientific basis. There are also competitors, such as nearby Jojakkoin or the quiet nunnery Enrian. Both Nisonin and Jojakkoin seem in fact doubtful as they are located on hills and Heian aristocrats usually built their villas on more easily accessible, level ground - probably Teika had his country house somewhere in the vicinity of where now Rakushisha with its memories of another poet, Basho, stands. The temple itself is supposed to have been founded in 841 by the Emperor Saga (who is also intimately connected with Daikakuji). Belonging to the Tendai faith, it derives its name "Temple of the Two Images" from the fact that it has two main image...