“His smiling face revealed a love too strong to be kept inside, but the feelings obviously rising inside him kept him from looking directly at Kikunojou. He gazed instead at Kikunojou's clear reflection on the water.”
Haruo Shirane“His smiling face revealed a love too strong to be kept inside, but the feelings obviously rising inside him kept him from looking directly at Kikunojou. He gazed instead at Kikunojou's clear reflection on the water.”
Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900“If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty.”
Haruo Shirane, Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900