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riage from many provinces. A betrothal to attended space for storage of armor (sec- buro's residence, where his retainers prac-
Naniwa no Taró was arranged; their mar- tion one). tice riding and archery, and examine their
riage was to take place after a three-year The younger brother, Saburô, was a weapons. Saburô's wife, recognizable by
period. gruff warrior disciplined in the martial arts her curly hair and large nose, is inside,
The scroll opens with a scene of Jirô's (bu). He married a robust woman de- where a child is held by one of the maids
domestic life. His men play the game of scribed in the text as "seven feet tall [with] (section two).
go; women view a painting and play musi- curly hair, all spirals when tied. There was When the two brothers were called to
cal instruments, all within courtly build- nothing in her face so prominent as the the capital to serve as military guards at
ings, complete with gardens and long nose. Her lips were curved down- the emperor's palace, Saburô set out first
ponds—quite unlike the typical home of a ward. There was no redeeming quality in with his men, passing a group of brigands
rugged eastern warrior. Jiro, wearing a ca- whatever she said or did." She bore three who, aware of Saburô's martial prowess,
sual white robe, converses with his wife in sons and two daughters. The picture that allowed Saburô to pass. Jiro and his reti-
a chamber. Behind the chamber is an un- follows the text depicts the activities at Sa- nue followed; but they were attacked by

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