hanna-moko

Updated: May 21, 2025

It is they who make the necessary arrangements, and provide the pheasants that appear in the recess; which signify that the hanna-moko, like the cock-pheasant, will always jealously guard his charmer, who, like the shy hen-bird, will readily respond to the call of her mate.

Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver - Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs