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 waking from a dream. These things partly name a “missing” section that may have encouraged readers to “flee the world” in favor of monastic life, per the study Seeds in the Heart. They aren’t bell crickets, but (*) Arthur Waley’s translation omits that chapter (10[1])named for these things, (-5[1])after which (10[1])the “transition” and “Uji” (10[1])chapters depict Niou and Kaoru’s feud. (10[1])These things title an oddly-formatted chapter (10[1])in an eleventh-century novel that likely signifies the hero’s death. For 10 points, (10[1])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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew HartBHSU RebirthClown Senpais9410
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop Smokinghawk two of98-5
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Northeast by Northwestern10010
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days10410
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Notre Dame11010
Annabelle YangWashUClown Squad11610
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofMusic to Help You Stop Smoking12910

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%67%0%80.00
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2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%109.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%0%91.33