Tale Of Lady Ochikubo by Whitehouse

Author:Whitehouse [Whitehouse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Reference, General, Social Science, Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, Regional Studies
ISBN: 9781136220357
Google: 0nssBgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-28T04:52:48+00:00

1 Kinichi, a day when one should be most careful of one’s purity.

1 As the Lady had now her comb-box she could write an answer.

1 The Minister of the Department of Civil Administration.

2 The Assistant Vice-Minister of the War Department. (The original pronunciation of this title was undoubtedly Shō, but by analogy with the title of the Vice-Minister, Taiyu, the pronunciation Shōyu became the ordinary one.)

1 Referring to the poem—

The autumn hagi

Is troubled by the creeper

That entwines around it;

So seems your love to me now,

For I do not love you more.

1 Referring to some such sentiments as the following—

Although well I know

That this day also will be

Followed by a night,

Yet do I feel that the day

Will never come to an end.

1 The reference is to the ‘entwining creeper’ mentioned in the Shōyu’s letter.

1 On the Fourth Morning, the bridegroom remained till broad daylight before returning—on the previous two mornings he returned while it was yet dark.

1 Aouma no Sechie, held on the Seventh Day of the First Month, when the Emperor inspected twenty-one white horses from his stables.

1 A minor position in the Imperial Stables.

2 That is, to study Court etiquette.

1 Lieutenant General (of the Bodyguard of the Left).

2 That is, not intending to make her an Imperial consort.

1 Referring to the Lady Ochikubo.

1 The President of the Supreme Council of State.

1 Referring to the affair of the Hyōbu no Shōyu.

1 A fellow-servant from the Chunagon’s mansion.

1 The Minister of the Right.

1 Tachihaki’s mother.

1 Upper Room.

1 Quoting from the poem—

A fickle man is

Like a bank which is crumbling

Away underneath;

Although he says he loves you,

You cannot put trust in him.

1 On the third, fifth, seventh, fiftieth and hundredth days after the birth.

1 The intermediate rank was that of Sangi.

2 The Chinese term for Sangi, Counsellor.

3 Commander of the Gate Guards of the Left.

1 Lieutenant of the Gate Guards of the Left.

1 Colonel of the Military Guards.

1 The Imperial Princess in charge of the Kamo Shrine.

2 Tachihaki, Korenari.

1 Tachihaki, Korenari.

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