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The Day of the Rat fell on the twenty-third of the First Month. On that day, people celebrated the Genji's fortieth birthday. Tamakazura came with some new herbs that promised long life. She had brought her two sons. Her young and beautiful face reminded Genji of his old age and his lost days. Deferring to the illness of the Suzaku emperor, the concert was an easy and informal one. The Minister (To-no-Chujo) played the Japanese koto and the Prince Hotaru played the Chinese koto beautifully, which made the concert even more remarkable than usual.
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