In the Heian court, so much creeping around
at midnight to bed chambers and the waiting
ladies, to be vacated before dawn, that there
must have been awkward meetings quite
often; a husband sneaking away to meet
the woman he exchanged poetical notes
with - only to meet his wife's lover too
near the sliding door to her sleeping
quarters. The exquisite courtly manners
being put to their breaking point.
06.06.2024
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