Sleep was out of the question. Not only did the old mother herself snore in a manner that was positively terrifying, but the two equally decrepit old nuns who slept with her, as though determined not to be outdone, snorted and grunted in their sleep in a way so indescribably ferocious that Ukifune felt she was in a den of wild beasts who might at any moment leap up and devour her. #Genji53 #Genji
“But do not think that your spells could have ever sufficed to subdue me. It is at the bidding of Kwannon, who all the while has protected her, that I let go my hold.” #Genji53 #Genji #evilspirit
(Speaking of Kwannon, I plan to visit the Asakusa Temple of the Goddess of Mercy on March 18.)
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“People are always telling these stories about foxes changing themselves into human beings,” Sozu said, “but so far as I know no one has ever seen it happen.” #Genji53 #Genji
(Internet photo of Toyokawa Inari shrine)
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