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{ciconia^., of the Stork, in allusion to the bird for which thi« pictur- 

 esque " Bay of Romantic Song" was once famous. The poem "Over 

 Waka-no-uru' the storks fly a crying," etc., is well known in Japan.) 



^ Waka-no-ura ni 

 Shio michi kureba 

 Kara wo nanii 

 Ashebe wo sashite 

 Tazu naki-watara. 



Translated literally: 



On the shores of Waka 

 When the tide flows in, 

 Dry land being none, 

 Toward the place of reeds 

 The storks fly crying. 



