Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . he neighbour-hood for miles around. Tamamushi had been broughtup far beyond her station m life. She had been taughtto compose tanJca*, hanaike, and to play koto and usual feminine accomplishments of house-keeping—sewing and embroidery—were a matter of course. Infact she was quite fitted to enter the house of some minorbuslii to rule it as mistress of all she surveyed (except herlord and master). For
Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . he neighbour-hood for miles around. Tamamushi had been broughtup far beyond her station m life. She had been taughtto compose tanJca*, hanaike, and to play koto and usual feminine accomplishments of house-keeping—sewing and embroidery—were a matter of course. Infact she was quite fitted to enter the house of some minorbuslii to rule it as mistress of all she surveyed (except herlord and master). For this reason Hachiyemon met alloffers with some plausible refusal, in which he foundTamamushi herself a ready assistant. The girl had indeed sadly changed, much as her name-sakes, with the coming on of fall and the colder winds ofwinter. She had taken to keeping much to herself, andeven with a piece of embroidery or sewing, under someexcuse of better light or more room, would seek a distantcorner—the little three mat room looking out on the large * Tanka are short 32 syllable poems. Hanaike is arrangement offlowers. The kdto resembles the harp (or piano), and the biwa TAWARATODA and OTOHIME : THE MUKADE of MIKAMIYAMA. SHINBUTSU-MARU, THE YOUTH : 211 garden being her favourite refuge. She was even a littlecross and captious, and hardly seemed to know herselfwhat was the matter with her. Hachiyemon, of course,became decidedly anxious about her, even consulted aphysician. But there were sharper eyes than a ratherdull father, and a medical man who only saw her atfavourable intervals. Her mother noticed her paleness ofcountenance. Her arms also dwindled, and a silverarmlet, which usually clasped a plump wrist, could easilybe drawn over her shrunken fingers. Her face also show-ed a spotty, almost bluish tint, and Tamamushi, to allappearances was threatened with a serious loss of looks, ifnot a permanent decline. Then Hachiyemons good wifenoticed that her daughter had
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