Waley, Arthur
. Tsunemasa
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Footnotes
[1: the intercourse of many years] The relation between Tsunemasa and the Emperor is meant.
[2: "The wind blowing. . . on a summer's night."] I.e. the wind sounds like rain; the sands appear to be covered with frost. A couplet from a poem by Po Chü-i.
[3: "Sooner shall the waters. . . in the Palace of my Lord."] Part of the poem which Tsunemasa gave to the Emperor before he went to battle.
[4: Sarasvati] Goddess of Music, who vowed that she would lead all souls to salvation by the music of her lute.
[5: What season's music. . .] Different tunes were appropriate to different seasons.
[6: Narabi Hills] A range of hills to the south of the Ninnaji. The name means the "Row of Hills."
[7: "The big strings. . . low, dejected notes."] Quotation from Po Chü-i's "Lute Girl's Song"; for paraphrase see Giles' Chinese Literature, p. 166.
[8: The cock shall not crow / And put an end to his wandering.] The ghost must return at dawn.
[9: the phoenix-flute] The shēng.
[10: "One note. . . from the mountain-side."] Quotation from Chinese poem in Royei Shu.
[11: For a little while I was back in the World. . . But now the hate is rising in me] He had died in battle and was therefore condemned to perpetual war with the demons of Hell.
[12: like a summer moth that flies into the flame] "The wise man is like the autumn deer crying in the mountains; the fool is like the moth which flies into the candle" (Gempei Seisuiki, chap. viii.).