Kairaku Historie ~Heian period~

3rd part of the history series!

The sight of a string of corona of glans penis growing ever larger is very enticing. ーSex Shounagon Parody of the famous first passage of The Pillow Book by Sei Shounagon: "The sight of a string of wild geese flying as tiny specks is very charming." The parody also carries a pun on the archaic Japanese word for "charming" をかし, turning it into 犯し, another archaic term for "sins" with the same pronunciation.

"It is better for demons and women to be hidden from human eyes."

It was a time when women were placed behind screens.

But, like a wind racing through the palace,

The name of a talented woman spreads...

O middle captain Kurohige! O middle captain Shiromayu! Have ye heard? Kurohige - "Black-bearded" Shiromayu - "White-browed" 中将 chuujou, meaning "middle captain (of the imperial guard)", is more a term of address for those of the junior third rank 從三位 in the Heian court than a military position.

The waka of Izumi Shikibu! Waka 和歌 - Japanese poetry (as opposed to Classical Chinese poetry)

Hold, Akagami-dono. Akagami - "red-haired"

We are perusing this at the moment. Maro 麿: First person pronoun for Heian-period court nobles