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Mount Yoshino midnight-moon (Yoshinoyama yowa no tsuki) |
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Iga no Tsubone, a court lady, exorcises the spirit of the courtier Sasaki Kiyotaka during an eclipse. Kiyotaka, an adviser to Emperor Go-Daigo, committed suicide in 1333 and his angry spirit haunted the Emperor’s court in the Yoshino Mountains. |
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