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Saga Moor moon (Sagano no tsuki) |
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Kogo no Tsubone (1159-1180), a beautiful and accomplished koto player, was a concubine of Emperor Takakura. When her life was threatened, she fled to a remote cottage in Saga, but the warrior Minamoto no Nakakuni recognized her playing, joined her in a duet, and persuaded her to return. |
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