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When Genji improved, the bishop prepared a breakfast of unfamiliar fruits and wine. Genji, the bishop and the sage composed some poems regretting his departure. The bishop gave farewell presents: a rosary of carved ebony which Prince Shotoku had obtained in Korea, still in the original Chinese box, wrapped and attached to a branch of cinquefoil pine; and several medical bottles of indigo decorated with spray of cherry and wisteria. The sage offered him a sacred mace that had special protective powers. As a large party from Kyoto, including To-no-Chujo, arrived, they had another party.
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