Chapter IV: Tamakatsura (3)

[102] There is a story in Japan that the wife of the Chinese Emperor
Hsi Tsung (874–888 A.D.) was so ugly that she was nicknamed
‘Horse-head.’ In obedience to a dream she turned to the East
and prayed to the Kwannon of Hasegawa in Japan. Instantly there
appeared before her a figure carrying Kwannon's sacred
water-vessel. He dashed the water over her face and she became
the most beautiful woman in China.

[103] A short distance from the Hasegawa Temple.

[104] Of Tsukushi.

[105] I hesitate to use the word ‘Confessor.’

[106] Now about six years old.

[107] Fujitsubo.

[108] Pulled by servants, the oxen being unyoked at the Gate.

[109] The Lady of Akashi's daughter.

[110] The Royal Gods Izanagi and Izanami bore a leech-child; as at
the age of three it could not stand, they cast it adrift in a
boat. It made a song which said: ‘I should have thought my
daddy and mammy would have been sorry for me, seeing that at
three years old I could not stand.’ See vol, ii, p. 185.

[111] _Tamakazura_ = jewelled wig.

[112] ‘I go astray.’

[113] A coat worn inside out brings dreams of one’s lover.