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And, lastly, he made the steed balance himself upon the frame of an andon . Then Yokoyama was at a loss what to do, and he could only say, bowing low to the prince: "Truly I am grateful for your entertainment; I am very much delighted." And the lord Oguri, having attached Onikage to a cherry-tree in the garden, reentered the apartment.
But soon the Choja, taking and setting up a six-folding screen, asked to see the prince ride his steed upon the upper edge of the screen. The lord Oguri, consenting, rode upon the top of the screen; and then he rode along the top of an upright shoji frame. Then a chessboard being set out, he rode upon it, making the horse rightly set his hoof upon the squares of the chessboard as he rode.
Oguri then asked her to tell him her real name; but Kohagi refused, saying: "If I may not serve my lord with wine, except on condition of telling my real name, then I can only leave the presence of my lord." But as she was about to go, the Hangwan called to her: "Nay, stop a little while.
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