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The anniversary came of the death of Kashiwagi. As the Suzaku emperor worried about the Third Princess who had withdrawn from the world as he himself had, he sent her bamboo shoots and taro root of the mountain harvests. Genji came upon her in tears. Looking at the girlish beauty of her profile, Genji told her of his regret to let her retreat from the world. Able to walk a few steps, the little boy Kaoru tottered up to a bowl of bamboo shoots and bit at one. Watching him still young and tiny, he realized his old age and wondered how long he could continue to live.
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