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Another illegitimate son of the Emperor; Genji’s step-brother.

102

Fujitsubo’s brother; Murasaki’s father.

103

Another name for the nadeshiko, ‘Child-of-my-heart,’ see p. 58.

104

Shū-i Shū 967.

105

A sō no koto.

106

That hate kills is a fundamental thesis of the book.

107

‘So withered is the grass beneath its trees that the young colt will not graze there and the reapers do not come.’

108

‘So sweet is its shade that all the summer through its leafy avenues are thronged,’ alluding to the lady’s many lovers.

109

The headquarters of the Ladies of the Bedchamber.

110

An old folk-song the refrain of which is ‘At the melon-hoeing he said he loved me and what am I to do, what am I to do?’

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