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There was a lady called Miyanokimi whose father was the empress's brother. As he had died she had entered the palace. One day, Kaoru talked with her about the uncertainty of the life of women. He thought about the two princesses of the Eighth Prince and his destiny that he could not marry either of them. Fragile and insubstantial drake flies were flitting back and forth in the evening light. He wrote a poem "I see the drake fly, take it up in my hand and then it is gone."
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