My darling’s hairpin

The expression wagimoko no (わぎもこの) ‘my darling’s’ was used as a makura kotoba for kazuragiyama (葛城山) ‘Mount Kazura’, as the kazura element of kazuragiyama was homophonous with kazura (鬘) ‘decorative hairpin’.

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