The Burned Calendar of the Heian Palace

Michinaga reads the burned calendar not as an omen, but as a schedule. By counting how many people wish for that date to come in the future, the pressure of the court begins to become visible.

Abe no Seimei reads that the omen on the burned calendar was crafted by human hands. It could be easily exorcised, but what was truly needed was to name the one who created the omen.