Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
mountain river; mountain stream
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
ditch with running water; drainage channel
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
river raised above the surrounding land
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying