Uneme (Lady-in-Waiting) : PhotoStory

A village woman is visiting Kasuga Myōjin. She plants trees in the shrine forest.

The village woman relates the origins of Kasuga Myōjin to an itinerant monk. Long ago, a lady-in-waiting threw herself in Sarusawa Pond.

The village woman appears in the form of the lady-in-waiting. She asks the itinerant monk to mourn for her.

The lady-in-waiting tells of a life when she calmed the wrath of her lord by reciting a witty poem.

In elegant clothes, the ghost of the lady-in-waiting dances with a voice full of emotion.

Sleeves turning, she continues to dance, praying for everlasting peace in the land.