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Starting the final chapter… woohoo. 🥳

A contest for who can produce the finest incense.

And somehow Genji knows a secret from ancient China, but no one (including the author) knows how he learned it.

“Men who are given to the pursuit of amorous affairs always act according to the dictates of their hearts and thus bring misery on themselves.”

Genji is now 50. He was 16 when the book started.

Three more chapters to go! Whew! Genji is looooong.

“Sleeping by myself in these cold fragrant sleeves. The situation is intolerable.”

“A woman’s virtue is obedience to her father, to her husband, and to her son.”

Oh, wow, Genji… 😳🤯

“The look on your face could pulverize boulders.”

Good one!

“It does not matter whose child you are I will hold onto you and cherish you like a precious comb box with two lids.”

Wow! Two lids. You know that’s serious.

“She had spent so much time with Genji and his son, when she saw the men from the court, she couldn’t believe they were human… with their strange eyes and awful looks.”

Wow. 🤯

“The young bloom must yield to the dew from the firm tall tree.”

Ummm… what you talking about Genji?

“We did not share intimate sleep. Nor did I glimpse the roots of the young grass.”

“On the day of the Rat pull up young pine seedlings.”

Symbolizing renewal, growth, and the start of a new year with the hope of prosperity.

A lot of discussion about paper selection (color, weight, material, scent) and calligraphy style and techniques. You can learn lot about someone you’ve never met from their choices in these matters.