Footnotes
[[1:]
the intercourse of many years] The relation between
Tsunemasa and the Emperor is meant.
[[2:]
"The wind blowing. . . on a summer's night."] I.e.
the wind sounds like rain; the sands appear to be covered with frost. A
couplet from a poem by Po Chü-i.
[[3:]
"Sooner shall the waters. . . in the Palace of my
Lord."] Part of the poem which Tsunemasa gave to the Emperor before he
went to battle.
[[4:]
Sarasvati] Goddess of Music, who vowed that she would
lead all souls to salvation by the music of her lute.
[[5:]
What season's music. . .] Different tunes were
appropriate to different seasons.
[[6:]
Narabi Hills] A range of hills to the south of the
Ninnaji. The name means the "Row of Hills."
[[7:]
"The big strings. . . low, dejected notes."]
Quotation from Po Chü-i's "Lute Girl's Song"; for paraphrase see
Giles' Chinese Literature, p. 166.
[[8:]
The cock shall not crow / And put an end to his
wandering.] The ghost must return at dawn.
[[9:]
the phoenix-flute] The
shēng.
[[10:]
"One note. . . from the mountain-side."] Quotation
from Chinese poem in Rōyei Shu.
[[11:]
For a little while I was back in the World. . . But
now the hate is rising in me] He had died in battle and was therefore
condemned to perpetual war with the demons of Hell.
[[12:]
like a summer moth that flies into the flame] "The
wise man is like the autumn deer crying in the mountains; the fool is like
the moth which flies into the candle" (Gempei Seisuiki,
chap. viii.).
