Word: chujo
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When at last she died Genji mourned her with elaborate ceremonies (blue trousers were part of the mourning costume), and decided upon monastic retirement. If indeed he took pleasure some months later in the liveliness of one Chujo No Kimi's features, the red and yellow of her trousers, the sombre purple of her robe, it was but the lifetime habit of chivalry in the presence of beauty...