"Cough, cough..."
The annual festival day.
The ceremony is completed.
The head of the Fujiwara Family, Fujiwara-dera, who insisted on attending, covered his mouth and let out a series of suppressed coughs, looking quite unwell.
Lady Fujiwara gently handed him a handkerchief and respectfully supported her husband's arm.
Married women follow their husbands.
In Japanese culture, a woman's maiden name becomes insignificant after marriage.
Fujiwara-dera, with his hair completely silver, covered his mouth with the handkerchief and coughed twice more. He then told his wife he was fine, but did not refuse her support.
Such a strong man, especially in front of so many outsiders, would certainly not show his vulnerability unless he couldn't hold on.
Evidently.
This commanding figure of a super conglomerate is clearly not in good health. Otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared so rarely during this national crisis, leaving most affairs to be managed by his son.
