This combination was mentioned in a paragraph of "Makura no Soshi (The Pillow Book)" as an anecdote about Emperor Murakami; the combination was preferred by the aristocrats in Japan as an unusual combination, or as a word that is reminiscent of the phrase "I remember you especially." この取り合わせは『枕草子』の一節に村上天皇の挿話として見え、日本の宮廷文化においては、しばしば珍しい取り合わせとして、また「最君憶」(最も君を憶う)との連想において好まれた。 |