[9] I.e. astrologically.
[10] Kokinshū 509.
[11] The clash of the chariots at the Festival of Purification. Probably a quotation.
[12] The jealous person is unconscious of the fatal effects which his jealousy is producing.
[13] Members of the Imperial family were not allowed to leave the Capital without the consent of the Emperor.
[14] A temporary building erected afresh for each new Virgin a few miles outside Kyoto. She spent several years there before proceeding to Ise.
[15] The Chinese version of the Sanskrit Saddharma Pundarika Sutra; see Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21.
[16] The lying-in jacket.
[17] These presents (ubuyashinai) were given on the third, fifth and ninth nights.
[18] The ceremony of investing the newly elected officials.