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The Prince Shikibukyo got angry because his stepson stayed with Tamakazura. So he made his daughter and his granddaughter return to his residence. Divorce in those days was no different from today. She came back her to her home with furniture that she brought in when she married. Women who lost their jobs went away separately. Higeguro’s favorite daughter Makibashira was reluctant to go with her mother. She set down a poem on a sheet of paper and thrust it into a crack in the cypress pillar, writing not to forget her.
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