2013.03.21
カテゴリ：lessons
incenses
Before the samurai era, there were long aristocracy periods in ancient Japan. At that time, highborn young ladies did not show their faces to men. They lived in the inner-most residences of the nobles. And at that time, incenses were very popular. Noble people mixed and made up their own incenses. So if a lady had someone in her mind, she could know that he was visiting the residence with his vague incense in the air. It made her heart flutter.
I think that it was an increadibly graceful and elegant culture. But when I explained this to a student of mine, he said, "Kawaii desu," which means "That's cute!" Mmm...yes, objectively it might be said to be a cute legend.