Ono no Komachi
The Noh figure of Awoi (from "AOI NO UE"), ravaged by jealousy, reappears together with the poet Ono no Komachi, the central character in two more Noh plays translated by Pound. She represents a life spent meditating on beauty which resulted in vanity and ended in loss and solitude. The canto draws to a close with the phrase "Lux enim" ("light indeed") and an image of the oval moon.