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The pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon

Note 43 — JAPAN IN THE TENTH CENTURY

Arthur Waley translation

An acrostic. There is a series of ingenious puns; for example, me-kuwase = ‘to hint with a wink,’ but also ‘to cause to eat rag.’

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