starlady | (Reply)

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I can definitely confirm the first part, about omitting the case marker for subjects, at least until the Muromachi period. The second part sounds correct too. Given that half the time we were supplying the severed head/direct object in the Heike, I'd be surprised if the direct object marker didn't drop out at times, really.

あづさゆみはるの山辺をこえくれば道もさりあへず花ぞちりける

This one? Where's the second direct object?

…And what's the connection of the azusayumi to the rest of the poem? Damn it, Tsurayuki…