Question

While mourning an imperial consort, a man writes a poem about how these things appear like the “dark folds of a mourner’s dress” in a chapter named for a “rack” or “wreath” of these things. These material things partly title a novel in which a Buddhist disciple marries eight reincarnated fairies before (15[1])waking from a dream. These things partly name a “missing” section that may have encouraged readers to “flee (15[1])the world” (15[1])in favor (15[1])of monastic life, per the study Seeds in the Heart. They aren’t bell crickets, but (*) Arthur Waley’s translation omits that chapter named for these things, after which the “transition” and “Uji” chapters (10[1])depict Niou and Kaoru’s (10[1])feud. These things title an oddly-formatted chapter in an eleventh-century novel that likely signifies the hero’s death. For 10 points, name these things into which the hero is implied to “vanish” in a blank chapter from The Tale of Genji. ■END■

ANSWER: clouds [or kumo; accept Usogumo; accept “Vanished into the Clouds” or Kumogakure; accept Nine Cloud Dream or The Cloud Dream of the Nine or Kuunmong; accept “A Wreath of Cloud” or “A Rack of Clouds”]
<Literature - World Literature - Long Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broBanned from ARGOS5115
Eric MukherjeeCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire6915
Camden WalkerAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsthrow away your cards, rally in the streets7115
Sam/Cypress MacchiPahkin' the Ahgo|madam|7315
Andrew GaoImport PandasHu up Jinning they Tao10510
Tai BelkeUBCThompson et al.10910

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