[105] Fukagusa the name of his native place, means “deep grass.”
[106] See Hokkekyō, II. 18.
[107] The colour of the saints in heaven.
[108] Her “heart-flower,” i. e. poetic talent.
[109] Ryōjin Hisshō, p. 135.
[110] Or, according to another reading, “tales of Hell.”
[111] The Fisher holds up his torch and looks down as though peering into the water.
[112] I have omitted the line “Though this be not the river of Tamashima,” a reference to the Empress Jingō, who caught an ayu at Tamashima when on her way to fight the Coreans.
[113] A name for Hades.
[114] Good deeds were recorded in a golden book, evil deeds in an iron one.