Letter To Lady Nene From Oda Nobunaga
...It has been quite sometime since I last saw you, but your beauty grows day by day. Tokichiro (Hideyoshi) complains about you constantly and it is outrageous. While that "bald rat" (Hideyoshi) flusters to find another good woman, you remain lofty and elegant. Do not be envious. Show Hideyoshi this letter... Or in japanese it sounds ...私は最後にあなたを見たので、それはかなりいつかでしたが、あなたの 美しさは日々成長します。藤吉郎（秀吉）は常にあなたと不平を言って、そ れがとんでもないです。別の良い女性を見つけるために、その "はげねず み"（秀吉）周章狼狽しながら、あなたは非常に高いとエレガントなままであ る。嫉妬はいけません。秀吉にこの手紙を見せ...
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