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ssss1 The child of an Emperor could not be shown to him for several weeks after its birth.

ssss1 I.e. be made Heir Apparent.

ssss1 She herself was of course carried in a litter.

ssss1 A poem by the Chinese writer Po Chü-i about the death of Yang Kuei-fei, favourite of the Emperor Ming Huang. See Giles, Chinese Literature, p. 169.

ssss1 Name of the Emperor Uda after his retirement in a.d. 897.

ssss1 Poetess, 9th century.

ssss1 Famous poet, 883–946 a.d.

ssss1 1 a.m.

ssss1 A poem by Lady Ise written on a picture illustrating Po Chü-i’s Everlasting Wrong.

ssss1 Reigned 889–897. The law in question was made in 894.

ssss1 3 p.m.

ssss1 These symbolized the unmanly life of childhood which Genji had now put behind him.

ssss1 The butō, a form of kowtow so elaborate as to be practically a dance.

ssss1 Fujitsubo.

ssss1 This touch is reminiscent of early chronicles such as the Nihongi, which delight in alternative explanations. In the subsequent chapters such archaisms entirely disappear.