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382 When the water has gone, It raises up (its stem that was) bent down, And its roots perish not.

Wodate addressed him, saying:—"Capital! Pray let us hear something more."

The Emperor at length made a special dance,

This is what was anciently called a Tatsutsu (stand out) dance. The manner of it was that it was danced while standing up and sitting down.

and striking an attitude, said:—

Hereupon Wodate thought this profoundly strange, and asked him to say more. The Emperor, striking an attitude, said:—