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The sacred tree

Note 6 — Chapter XVII · THE PICTURE COMPETITION

Arthur Waley translation

A 9th-century story about a fairy who was found in a bamboo-stem, set various fantastic ordeals to her lovers and finally disappeared in the Land Above the Sky. It is written in a rather disjointed style. Translated by Victor Dickins in Japanese Texts. See above, p. 15.

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