Reigned 889–897. The law in question was made in 894.

3 p.m.

These symbolized the unmanly life of childhood which Genji had now put behind him.

The butō, a form of kowtow so elaborate as to be practically a dance.

Fujitsubo.

This touch is reminiscent of early chronicles such as the Nihongi, which delight in alternative explanations. In the subsequent chapters such archaisms entirely disappear.