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The departure was still dark in the night. Genji wore a rough travel dress for hunting. Until Fushimi, they took a land route and then by boat to Naniwa, descending the Yodo river. In those days it took one day from Kyoto to Naniwa. On the following day, they set out to Suma. He missed Murasaki a lot. As he had never been on such a journey, he felt helpless. All the sad, exotic things along the way were new to him. The favorable wind brought them to Suma at four p.m. on the second day.
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