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once visited her at this shrine on this day several years ago. Lady Rokujō states she has since dedicated herself to purifying the shrine with her daughter, Akikonomo. Lady Rokujō then reveals she is Lady Rokujō and disappears.
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Nonomiya Sagano, Kyoto, and asks him to leave. She tells him she visits the shrine every year on this day to remember the past and offer a ritual. Lady Rokujō tells the monk her life story as portrayed in
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Miotsukushi. Lady Rokujō and Akikonomu return to the capital. Lady Rokujō dies soon after from illness, and entrusts Akikonomu and her estate to
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and both of the Nōh dramas. Due to this, Lady Rokujō actors have historically been instructed to depict her as constantly wistful and painfully sad over what will never be. In
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Nonomiya Shrine after he had briefly visited her. Lady Rokujō is overcome with emotions and dances around the shrine before climbing into the Gissha and disappearing.
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and others pray, causing Lady Rokujō's spirit to jump out of Lady
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apologizes, and Lady Murasaki begins breathing again. Lady Rokujō's spirit disappears.
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