From Bashō
昔聞け
秩父殿さへ
すまふとりLong ago I heard
even Lord Chichibu himself
entered the ring as a sumo man.芭蕉『芭蕉庵小文庫』より
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), Bashō-an Kobunko
(trans. Freedom Ahn)

Institutional form as language in Japan

昔聞け
秩父殿さへ
すまふとりLong ago I heard
even Lord Chichibu himself
entered the ring as a sumo man.芭蕉『芭蕉庵小文庫』より
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), Bashō-an Kobunko
(trans. Freedom Ahn)