Heaven and earth:Since the time they parted,Of manifest divinity,Reaching the heights of awe,In Suruga standsThe high peak of Fuji;The field of heaven:On gazing at the distant sightThe coursing sunLight is blocked andThe shining moonLight goes unseen;The white clouds, too,Shrink from passing by asCeaselesslySnow falls:From mouth to mouth will pass the word,Travelling and speakingOf the peak of Fuji. (Manyoshu No. 317 by YAMABE no Akahito)
天地の別れし時ゆ神さびて、高く貴き駿河なる、富士の高嶺を天の原、振り放け見れば渡る日の、影も隠らひ照る月の、光も見えず白雲も、い行きはばかり時じくぞ、雪は降りける語り継ぎ、言ひ継ぎ行かむ富士の高嶺は（万葉集317、山部赤人）