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"The scented purple breezes of the Japanese night!

Date of account: Traditional material presented in a work published 1913
Source: Myths & Legends of Japan
Reference: Myths & Legends of Japan · selected passage 107
Rights: public_domain
Language: English retelling of Japanese traditions
Translation: F. Hadland Davis
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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"The scented purple breezes of the Japanese night! The old moon like a fairy ship of gold Softly through the dream sea begins to rock on: (I hear the unheard song of Beauty in the moon ship, I hear even the whisper of her golden dress.) The hundred lanterns burning in love and prayer, Float on the streets like haunting memories. The silvery music of wooden clogs of the Japanese girls! Are they not little ghosts out of the bosom of ancient age? Are they returning to fulfil their thousand fancies forgotten? O the fancy world of the Japanese night Born out of the old love and unfulfilled desires! The crying love-song of the Japanese night, The _samisen_ music of hungry passion and tears!

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