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In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.

Izumi Shikibu

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Izumi Shikibu
Died: 1033
Died: January 1
Lady-In-Waiting
Poet
Writer
Lady Izumi
Seishin Insei Hōni
Stained
Deeply
Color
Body
Love
World

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