Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

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In 997 she had Koshikibu-no-Naishi (she was also a poetess and court lady). Her husband was Tachibana Michisada, to whom she was married before she knew Prince Tanetaka.

215

The pine-tree at Suminoye is famous for its age.

216

Yamato-nadeshiko – Japanese pink; the homonym means the caressed girl of Yamato.

217

See plan of palace or nobleman's house.