FOOTNOTES:
[71] Kalavinka, the beautifully singing holy birds in Paradise, to whose singing the voice of Buddha is compared.
[72] On New Year's Eve, in Japan, some people fry peas, and throw them about the rooms, saying, "Avaunt, Devil, avaunt! Come in happiness!" This is called driving out devils.
[73] An infant born to the Emperor is presented to him only when it has attained the age of some months.
[74] From an old poem,
"The shade of Ôaraki forest is thick:
The summer has come there, the summer has come!"
This is a mere metaphorical pun referring to her still being lively in spite of age.