That was the kind of new insightful view that I wanted to get, thank you :-)
I tried to learn something about ramadan some while ago and got the opportunity, maybe the first one in my life, to ask a muslim directly about it, a fellow student from Syria, but just like with anybody else, there are people who can give you answers in the extent and depth you like to hear, and such who don't ... maybe next time. Most of the time it's about the quick little questions, beyond that religion barely takes my interest anymore.
I actually bought a German edition of 伊勢物語 and already started some reading, but my studies don't let me have enough free time to proceed for now. It was nice to read so far though. I will also dig a bit further into konkatsu, maybe ..and answer then in full.