However, on the day of the ceremony to install the new Empress, Michinaga was absent because it was his day to visit the Imperial Palace to see Kenshi/Kiyoko, and the other court nobilities, in order to gain Michinaga's favor, also declined to attend the ceremony. |
ところが立后の儀式の日を道長は妍子の参内の日として欠席し、諸公卿もこれにおもねって誰も儀式に参列しようとしなかった。 |