tenarahi

てならひ
Chapter: 53Age: Age 27 (March) - Age 28, SummerMain character: Kaoru

Rescued from the verge of death by the holy Prelate of Yokawa, Ukifune is nursed back to health at a nunnery in Ono. Longing to sever all ties with worldly romance, she begs the prelate to administer the tonsure. Living as a novice practicing calligraphy, her existence is eventually disclosed to Kaoru when the prelate speaks of her during an exorcism service for the Empress.

Scenes

  1. 1Monks discover Ukifune lying collapsed beneath a tree at the Uji monastery.
  2. 2The bishop and others, at the younger nun's request, come down the mountain and perform incantations over Ukifune for a night.
  3. 3In autumn, before the hermitage of Lady Ono where Ukifune stays, people harvesting rice sing songs merrily.
  4. 4Ukifune plays go at the Shosho's invitation.
  5. 5To the bishop who stops at the nun's hermitage, Ukifune expresses her wish to take the tonsure and tries to have him cut her hair through a tear in the screen curtain.
  6. 6Ukifune, having taken the tonsure, sits alone at the inkstone practicing calligraphy.
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