beach-headland

Updated: August 28, 2026

Thine Augustness, the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears! Thou, my dear Master-of-the-Great-Land indeed, Being a man, probably hast on the various island headlands thou seest, And on every beach-headland that thou lookest on, A wife like the young herbs. But as for me, alas! Being a woman, I have no man except thee; I have no spouse except thee.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era