[6] A poem by the Chinese writer Po Chü-i about the death of Yang Kuei-fei, favourite of the Emperor Ming Huang. See Giles, Chinese Literature, p. 169.
[7] Name of the Emperor Uda after his retirement in a.d. 897.
[8] Poetess, 9th century.
[9] Famous poet, 883–946 a.d.
[10] 1 a.m.
[11] A poem by Lady Ise written on a picture illustrating Po Chü-i’s Everlasting Wrong.
[12] Reigned 889–897. The law in question was made in 894.
[13] 3 p.m.
[14] These symbolized the unmanly life of childhood which Genji had now put behind him.
[15] The butō, a form of kowtow so elaborate as to be practically a dance.