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Please help me translate the title of this imperial (?) cypress, and possibly the global meaning of the text

Pic.1,
松之圖　Picture of the Pine

Rough translation of the inscription,
This Reclining Dragon Pine tree is located in the garden of Mr. Ichii of Oichi Village, Waki District, Bizen Province,It has nine main and thousands of smaller contending branches with considerable weight,
It has a shape of a flat lying dragon. It is said the original tree was planted more than 100 years ago by the "Old Man of the Pine", the ancestor of the present owner.It was transplanted several times afterwards,The height of the tree is about 2 jo 5 shaku (ca. 7.5 m). The diameter of its trunk is about 1 jo (ca.3,3 m), Its length from the right to left is about 20 jo (66 m). It occupies about 15 sq. jo (ca. 160 sq,m), about more than 20 people can have seated under it.
This astonishing form is due to its careful growing.

Colophon,
嘉永庚戌秋九月
　　香門篤識
Kan'ei Metal-Dog Year (1850) Autumn, September
Kamon Atsushi
明治十一年六月
　　松翁五世之孫一井惟明改刻
In June of the 11th Year of Meiji (1878)
Re-carved by the　Grandson of 5th Generation,　Ichii Koreaki

Regards,
I.Nagy

You are so helpful every time! Thanks so much

Pic.2
Right side of the picture,
(With the first part of the title inscription)
Full title:
臥龍松之圖　Garyūmatsu no Zu - Picture of the Reclining Dragon Pine

千種御殿　Chigusa Goden - Chigusa　Goden
正三位有功　Shosanmi Arikoto*

Reading of the waka:
雲のうつ　　　
まきにして
あげ天龍　　　
大同乃
さとにも
たかき
松のほま
れて

Kumo no uzumaki ni shite
age tenryu
Daido no sato ni mo takaki
matsu no homarete

In the whirlpool of clouds
the heavenly dragon is climbing up
A tall pine is honored in a
small village

*　Chigusa Goden alias Shosanmi Arikoto was a prince and poet of the late Edo period.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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