He wandered around Heiankyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Kyoto), where serious epidemics were spreading, to meet Izumi Shikibu, and as a result he also acquired a disease and died young at 26 years old. |
式部との逢瀬(おうせ)のために、伝染病が猖獗(しょうけつ)していた平安京を夜な夜な彷徨(ほうこう)したため、自身も病を得、26歳という若さで薨去(こうきょ)した。 |