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Plays of Old Japan

Note 22 — THE MAIDEN’S TOMB

Marie Carmichael Stopes translation

Page 45—The Shepherd’s Purse is one of the seven herbs. Chōan is in China, and the old name of China was Kara, so that the mention of Chōan brings Kara to mind, which in turn suggests the word karai, hot, used in the next line.

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