In the autumn field, I counted the wildflowers in bloom, and seven kinds of wildflowers were there (Aki no no ni sakitaru hana wo yubiori (oyobiwori) kakikazuureba nanakusa no hana) (Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Vol. 8, 1537).
秋の野に咲きたる花を指折り（およびをり）かき数ふれば七種（ななくさ）の花（万葉集・巻八1537）