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22.
Calendar Moon
In Japan, the night
of the full moon is called "Juugoya" (the fifteenth night).
Where Western folklore 'sees' a man-in-the-moon, Japanese
tradition 'sees' a rabbit making a rice cake in the moon.
"Ill met by moonlight", proud Titania sleeps on
upstage.
Compare the Bar
version's Girlie Calendar (Bar 27.
Girlie Calendar), and Calendar Moon (Bar 26.
Calendar Moon) where 'the moon' appears to be the
censor's 'whiting out' of private parts.
See also the Masked
version's Pocket Calendar (Mask 16.
The calender prop), which, by being less explicit, leaves
more to the imagination. In Calendar Opened (Mask 17.
The calender opened) the mechanicals appear to engage in the
nocturnal passtime of 'moon-viewing', in which sake is drunk
and haiku written.
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