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F in this troubled world of ours I still must linger on, My only friend shall be the moon, Which on my sadness shone, When other friends were gone.

The Emperor Sanjō, who reigned 1012–1015, was the son of the Emperor Reisei; he fell into ill health, his palace was burnt down twice, and he was forced to abdicate by Michinaga Fujiwara (see ).