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Kokinshū 811, an anonymous love-poem.
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The hahakigi or ‘broom-tree’ when seen in the distance appears to offer ample shade; but when approached turns out to be a skimpy bush.
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Ki no Kami’s sister, referred to later in the story as Nokiba no Ogi.
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This name means ‘cicada ‘and is given to her later in the story in reference to the scarf which she ‘discarded as a cicada sheds its husk.’ But at this point it becomes grammatically important that she should have a name and I therefore anticipate.