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Poems

源氏

  • (たちばな)()をなつかしみほととぎす・花散る里(はなちるさと)をたづねてぞとふ
    • From Chapter 11 (which is named 花散里(はなちるさと))
    • Looking for the scent of the mandarin orange, which evokes memories of the past, a little cuckoo has sought out this village.
    • The (たちばな) is somewhat of a Proustian madleine for the Japanese, being strongly linked with remembering the past.
    • Prince Genji visits lady 花散里, who he had neglected for years. Smelling the 橘 and hearing the cuckoo, he remembers her. She represents constancy rather than passion.