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Courtier Visiting Lover with text beginning "He hid by the brushwood fence and looked in expectantly..." (Machikaki shibagaki no moto ni tachikakurete mitareba...), from the series The Changelings (Torikaeba monogatari), with poem by Warakuen Harumitsu
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Title: Courtier Visiting Lover with text beginning "He hid by the brushwood fence and looked in expectantly..." (Machikaki shibagaki no moto ni tachikakurete mitareba...), from the series The Changelings (Torikaeba monogatari), with poem by Warakuen Harumitsu
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