[78] Kaminari sama.
[79] In 1057, as Governor of Shinano Province.
[80] She was thirty-five years old and her husband forty-one years old when they were married. We may suppose that she was his second wife. This daughter must have been borne by the first wife. The cause of starting from his daughter's house is some superstitious idea, and not the coldness of their relation.
[81] The rank of the person determined the colour of his clothes. Red was worn by nobles of the fifth degree.
[82] The Japanese believed that "human fire" or spirit can be seen leaving the body of one who is soon to die.
[83] Her husband died.
[84] At death the Lord Buddha coming on a cloud appears to the faithful one and accompanies the soul to Heaven.
[85] The point of this is in the name of the place, Obásuté, which may be translated, "Aunt Casting Away," or "Cast-Away-Aunt." It is a place famous for the beauty of its scenery in moonlight.