The pregnancy of Fujitsubo.

The events of this chapter are synchronous with those of the last.

Wine, zithern and song—in allusion to a poem by Po Chü-i.

Evidently a quotation.

Chūjō’s child by Yūgao.

Used to scent clothes with.

The bell which the Zen-master strikes when it is time for his pupils to fall into silent meditation.