秋桜の押し花

香さんが文机で最近誰も使わなくなった分厚い昭和の広辞苑を開いたら、コスモスの押し花が出て来た。「いつしかと こすもす咲きぬ 草の中 細雨の前の ともし灯のごと 与謝野晶子、s58秋 和子」二代前の日神様である和子さまの達筆なペン書き文字でメモ書きが付いて居る。広辞苑を開いたまま、微笑みながら、押し花と（１８０度反転した）メモを眺める香さん。注意：押し花は完全に平面であること。 社務所住居部分の香の部屋は築数年の新しい和室だが質素で、文机と座位の化粧台、床の間に日本刀（90cm長）と萩の花の掛軸。机上には秋桜の生けられた花瓶。晴れた秋の日の一場面。 [Kaori] She serves as the 巫(kannagi) for 日御子(Himiko)/倭迹迹日百襲姫 (Yamato-totohi-momoso-hime), the principal deity of Hikami Shrine, and acts as the de facto ruler of 日神市(Hikami City). An exceptionally gifted medium, she became Himiko’s 巫(kannagi); two years later, she received the spirit of Cleopatra from Alexandra—who had arrived from Milan—and became her medium as well. She is currently 18 years old. She has long, straight-cut black hair that reaches her waist; it is fine in texture and has a lustrous sheen, and she wears bangs. She is a 168cm-tall Japanese woman with a slender physique—rivaling that of a Hollywood actress—measuring B83/W50/H85. She wears triangular stainless steel wire earrings and sports crimson lipstick with natural-style makeup. [Miko Attire] Crafted from silk so fine it is translucent, the garment is a work of art in itself. She wears a simple white silk kimono (*hitoe*) layered beneath scarlet *hakama* trousers. Her footwear consists of white *tabi* socks.