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Horin temple moon (Horinji no tsuki) |
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December 1890 | ||
The weeping woman is Yokobue, a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Kenreimonin (1155-1213). When her lover Tokiyori took religious orders, she followed him to Horin temple in Saga near Kyoto and asked him to return with her, but he refused. |
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