fifty-six; 56

a region in Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture

a place in Izumo, Shimane, famous for production of nori

(literary) Synonym of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) (precipitation)

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the sixteenth night of the month under the lunar calendar, just after the full moon

Short for 十六夜の月 (izayoi no tsuki): the moon just past the full moon, the start of the waning moon

twenty-sixth day of the month

the Thirty-Six Stratagems

the six-tusked white elephant that 摩耶夫人 (Maya Bunin, “Lady Maya”) dreamt of while she was carrying the Buddha / the six-tusked white elephant that 普賢 (Fugen, “Samantabhadra”) rides