Momoshiki.

That's the word I was trying to remember: momoshiki. Momoshiki no oomiyabito ha itoma are. The people of the palace.

I've been thinking a lot recently about insider and outsider, us and them; that seems a very Japanese thing, at least grammatically, and maybe that's why I'm remembering his commenting on the people in the palace.

ももしきの大宮人はいとまあれや桜かざし今日も暮らしつ
—YAMABEのAkahito 

暇

I've wanted to write a poem on my forearm; it seems to me that tanzaku are exactly proportioned for it, 1x6, tho probably for writing news from battle or something. What's in my head today is 暇, that the people of the capital have too much time on their hands. oohitobito ha itoma are ね.