This Flower

Japanese

大宮人梅にも懲りず桜かな


Ōmiya bito ume nimo korizu sakura kana

Court noble did not    
learn a lesson from Ume
Bloom of Sakura        

A poem at Kyoto. From "Kasshi Yawa". Date Masamune is a Daimyo in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.