Tales of the samurai; Oguri Hangwan ichidaiki, being the story of the lives, the adventures, and the misadventures of the Hangwan-dai Kojirō Sukeshige and Terutehime, his wife

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Tales of the samurai

James Seguin De Benneville

TALES OF THE SAMURAI

Chapter I. The Kwannondo of Sasamegayatsu 3

„ II. The Flower-viewing at the Mansion of Satake... 31

„ III. The Vengeance of Kwannon 43

„ IV. The Valiants of Ogori : The Tanabe brothers ;

Mito no Kotaru ; and the Goto brothers ... 59 „ V. The Valiants of Oguri : The Kataoka brothers ;

Ikeno Shoji ; the Kazania brothera 73

„ VI. The Uprising of Uesugi Zenshu 95

„ VII. The Plotting of Pujinami 107

„ VIII. Kwannon Strikes Again 116

PART II. The Adventures of Sukeshioe and Terute

Chapter IX. The Meeting of Sakeshige and Terute 141

„ X. The Plotting of Yokoyaraa Shogen ...

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„ XI. The Waters of the Tamagawa

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„ XII. The Boto (retainers) of Oguri

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PART III. The Misadventures op Terute and Sukeshtob

Chapter XIII. The Lady Merciful ... 205

XIV. The Misfortupee of Terute 226 d by Google

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Chapter XV. Sotan Sensei

BAGB.

M XVI. The Battle of Yahagi ; and the Journey of

„ XVII. Onikage serves His Lord

„ XVIII. The Epic of Terute-hirac

PART TV.

The Vendetta Accomplished.

Chanter XIX. Onchi Taro and the Roto of Oeruri..

XX. The Gembuku of Onchi Taro

„ XXI. The Gathering of the Roto

„ XXII. The Quarrel between Kamakura and Kyoto...

„ XXIII. The Spirit of the O-Dono Tranquillized

The pronunciation of the Japanese vowels and consonants follows closely the Italian ; in diphthongs and triphthongs each vowel is given full value.

a=a as in father, e=a as in mate, i=e as in meet, o=o as in soap, u=oo as in fool.

g is always hard. In the Tokyo district it has the sound ng.

ch has full value, as in church. 1 1 is not k ; c is only found as ch ; i.e. cha, chi, cho, chu.

The vowels also have long (continued) sounds, marked by the accent — .

At times a vowel is elided, or rather but faintly touched by the voice. Thus Sukeshige is pronounced Skeshige ; Sukenaga=Skenaga ; Kurano8uke=Kuranoske. Bu and mu at the end of a word lose the vowel sound — Shikibu— Shikib.

Kami used in connection with a man means 11 lord." Wakasa no Kami = Lord of Wakasa Province.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

2. The Grave of Oguri Hangwan at Oguri-Niihari ...Page x

3. The Vision of Prince Kiyomori

4. The Biwa-hoshi at the Jizodo 14

5. The Destruction of the Kwannondo „ 28

6. The Archery of Sukeshige „ 36

7. Sukeshige rescues Terute ... ... ... ... ... ... n 45

8. Yokoyama Taro kills Atsumitsu „ 49

9. The Adventure of the Goto brothers 69

10. Ikeno Shoji binds Kazama Hachiro ... ... ii 88

12. The Pleading of Tanabe HeitayQ „ 111

13. Sukeshige told of Fujinami's Slander 113

14. The Beception at Yuki Town... ••• ... ... ... ii 124

15. Terute hangs up the Tanzdku ... ... H

16. The Lovers' Tryst N 157

17. The Might of Ikeno Shoji 169

18. Onikage mounts the Go Board „ 171

19. The Waters of the Taraagawa <•• ... it

20. Ikeno Shoji kills Yokoyama Saburo ... ... ... II 193

21. The Burning of the Tomimaruya ... ... ... ... it 201

22. The Demon of Gold and Hate ... ... ... ... ii

23. The Vision of the Lady Merciful , 232

24. The Meeting of Sukeshige and Hanako ... ... ii 244

25. The Tryst in Mancho's Garden . . . ••• ii

26. The Meeting with Oniyasha „ 272

27. Kotaro's Adventure at Uyeno , 277

XX LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS

28. The Leap into the Sokokura Hot Pool Page 295

29. Terute meets the Beggars of Osaka , 311

30. The Kwannenbutsu-bozu rescues Terute 313

31. The Brink of the River of Souls

32. Ikeno Shoji meets the Goto brothers „ 346

33. The Introduction of Onchi Taru „ 351

84. The Obame writes a Letter » 357

35. Cleanliness is neighbour to Godliness 368

36. The Battle at Konomura » 371

38. The Feast of the Yokai 398

39. The Struggle with the Yokai „ 404

40. Norizane makes Protest to Prince Mochiuji 419

41. Mancho brought to Judgment ... ... ... ••• ii

42. Terute at Go-ken-mura : the Battle .. 442

43. The Way that brings deliverance 446

44. The Choaho-Shubutsu (Terute) of Fujisawa »■ 464

45. The Kuruma-zuka near Yunomine >. 479

MAPS.

I. Provinces of Mediaeval Nippon : Sites of the Oguri

II. The Ashigara and Hakone Passes ... ••• ... ... ii

III. Mediaeval Kamakura ... ... ... ... ... ••» ii

[The illustrations are by Mr. Kaneko Sanji (Hdzui)

of Yokohama.]

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Part I The Houses Of Oguri And Satake

" Though worshipped, these unequalled Ones, alike " By gods and men, unlike them all they heed " Neither a gift nor worship. They accept " It not, neither refuse it Through the ages " All Buddhaa were so, so will ever be "SaHputteu

Question and Puzzles of Milinda the King (Rhys. David*.)

CHAPTER I.

The KwannondO op Sasamboayatsu.

Much like the shape of a clam shell is the site of Kamakura town, as it lies hemmed in by sea and hills. From Inamnragasaki on the West the slope of the carve rises gradually to the hinge of the shell at the Hachiman shrine of Tsurngaoka. The shorter side of the triangle descends at a sharp obtuse angle to the sea at Iijima, which marks the bounds of Zaimokuza and the district on the East. The valley therefore is of varying width, and has its widest extent in the avenue of pines leading from the Hachiman shrine to the sea, the Wakamiyadji. Disregarding the short section of the Zaimokuza beach, that of Yuigahama is so little concave as to give likeness to the comparison. The valley is completely surrounded on two sides by precipitous and irregularly notched hills. Indeed there is no way out of it except by some deep cut roads (kiriddthi) over them. The modern means of access, the railway, has to burrow its way into the town through a tunnel, and out again to the South by the same means. The natural strength of the place is so evident, especially under the mediaeval conditions of warfare, that it is not surprising that Taira Hiroteune recommended it to Yoritomo as his capital. The sea offered every means of escape ; and the land every means of defence.

From the two land edges of the Bhell there run back into the surrounding hills short and steep valleys, their basins levelled and terraced by ages of cultivation. Tbe surrounding hills are well wooded. From West to East the most important are-— Kuwagayatra and the long valley behind the left shoulder of the Daibutsu, the Sasamegayatsu, the Sasukegayatsu, the Ogigayatsu, the Okuragayatsu (large and important), the Kasaigayatsu, the Hikigayatsu. As said, the f

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Hacbitnan shrine, originally at Zaimokuza near the sea, then transferred by Yoritomo to the hill— the Tsurugaoka-lies at the hinge of the shell. Close by, to the East, Yoritomo boilt his ycuhiki (mansion), closely surrounded by the Hatakeyama, Hojo, Wada, and others of his greater vassals. Around these ycuhiki sprang up a great city of shop-keepers to cater to the necessary and agreeable. The present Komachi and Oinacbi were at the centre of this hive, which in the days of the Hojo is said to have contained nearly a million people. At the foot of the hills the whole valley was filled from Hase Kwannon to the KOmyoji. The villages of Saka no Shita, Yuigasato and Zaimokuza covered the sea with their many sails. Impartially planted among their houses were the yaahiki of the great nobles ; the hill sides were for temples. The prosperity of the town received a blow when Ashikaga Takauji changed his coat, adopted the cause of Go-Daigo TennO then engaged in the overthrow of the HOjO Shikken (Regents), and gave opportunity to Nitta Yoshisada to take the town by surprise and storm. The first move of Yoshisada was to fire the city as he burst into it, and a good part of Kamakura was burnt to the ground. It rose slowly from its ashes, for the early years of the Kamakura KwanryO (viceroys) were not peaceful. These officials, really ShOgun of the North, barely subordinate to the Shogun of Kyoto, were of the younger branch of Takauji's stock. With the Southern court established at Yoshino, Takauji [realized that it was impossible for him to adopt the plan of Yoritomo, and sever Court and ShOgunate so completely as the latter had;done. The great fighting of the next half century was to centre around Kyoto. He established his second son Motouji at Kamakura as Kwanryo ; and although the life of this latter was mainly spent in'camp, and although Takauji himself had at times to come to the North to give his personal attention to military affairs, the Kwanto* was fairly pacified during the life time of these two men ; that is, as far as peace could reign during this period. When Ujimitsu, son of Motouji, died in Oei 5th year 11th month (9th

* The eight provinces— Izu, Sagami, Musashi, Shi raotsukc, Kotsuke, Hitachi, Shimosa, Awa. The lord of Dcwa and Osha also took the title, and usually acted with Kamakura.

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Dec. to 8th Jan. 1398-99), the Kwant3 had long been free from anything bat spasmodic rebellion, and could and did give aid to Ky6to. The Kwanto KwanryS by this time were so powerful that they cast covetous eyes on the Shdgunate at Ky oto. Uesugi Noriharu , the Shitsuji (Premier), unable to turn his master Ujimitsu from this design, remonstrated by the drastic method of committing suicide. Ujimitsu had drawn back. His son Mitsukane succeeded him, a powerful prince at the head of the strongest and most united fighting force in Nippon, and with very much the same disposition to take his cousin's place as suzerain.

The Ashikaga, on their establishment in Kamakura, had not retained the centre of the old Bakufu at Okura. They had moved up the valley to a site close by the Jomydji, where it begins to contract before rising to the steep and difficult Asahinakiridoshi, a pass on the road to Eanazawa. Here was their yashiki, and the valley occupied by their more immediate vassals. Close by, toward the town centre, was the yashiki of the Inukake Uesugi. The ageing Tomomune had been the Shitsuji of Mitsukane. According to the rule of alternation the Yamanouchi — Ogigayatsu branch now held the office in the person of Norisada. Tomomune'a son, Ujinori, was marked out as his successor. Descended from Fujiwara Yoshikado these Uesugi were related on the mother's side to the House of Takauji. Kuge, that is a noble affiliated with the Imperial Court, Shigefusa had left Ky oto, assumed the name of Uesugi from a fief held in Tango province and with it the responsibilities and duties of a buke (military vassal), and drifted to the Kwanto. His daughter married the grandfather of Takauji ; hence the intimate connection with ihis Ashikaga House. The Uesugi were good guessers as to politics. Most opportunely they abandoned the failing fortunes of the H6j5 clan in its last days.

Very different therefore was the appearance of the valleys now covered with crops of rice, wheat, barley, millet. In these days of five hundred years ago theground was occupied by the houses of labourers and shop-keepers ; by the yashiki of the fighting nobles occupying vast stretches of ground, with quarters for many score of fighting men. The pleasure quarters of Komachi and KaizSji — Ogigayatsu, with

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OGURI HANQWAN XOHIDAin the inns, cook-shops, and brothels catered to the desires of a great city. In passing along the streets at frequent intervals was seen a gateway opening into the grounds of some great temple monastery. Kamakura was not only the scene of spasmodic carnal warfare, but of an unceasing spiritual strife. Particularly fierce was the struggle between the Zen and Nichiren sects ; although also it was Nichiren against the field. The modern town has retained what features it could. The names of Zaimokuza, Komachi, Omachi, Wakamiya- Oji, Yuigahama, Saka no Shita, Hase, are as old as Kamakura itself. But the seaside village is nothing but the faded ghost of a vanished and great city.

It was in the palace of Okuragayatsu— the Kuboyashiki— that Oei 15th year 9th month (20 Sept.— 20 Oct. 1408 A.D.) Prince Mitaukane was holding an assembly for the making of poems and the telling of tales. The apartment was long rather than wide. At the top was a dais ascended by several steps. On this was seated Mitsukane, occupying a small stand not unlike a camp stool. Squatted around him was a number of the palace waiting ladies, watchful of every movement made, and in readiness to anticipate every wish of their lord. Below the dais, at the front, were scattered some fifteen or twenty of the greater nobles. At the back of the apartment, at some distance, was a promiscuous group of the samurai, such as had rank and right of entrance to the presence of the suzerain. With the exception of the prince, all present squatted on the tatami, using cushions. The assemblage this night to inquire as to their lord's health was a large one. It seemed rather bored, as did Mitsukane himself. Old Tomomune was finishing his interminable series of tales of the wars of ages before. He had told of the portents which foretold the end of the wicked Taira Eiyomori. The prince, then in the fall tide of power, the balance wheel removed by the death of his son Shigemori, had moved the capital from Ky5to to Fukuhara (Kobe;, the emperor passing from one prison to another. The change had been accompanied by the most evil portents. His couch drenched by rain leaking through the roof, the emperor was on the move all night and could not sleep. Though in drier quarters neither could Kiyomori. Armies of men noisily tramped the

OODRI HANGWAN IGHTDJJKI roof of the palace at night. Tremendous was the uproar. Yet when the guard made its way above not a sign of a living soul was to be seen. Then the favourite horse of the prince nested a brood of mice in his flowing tail, and the attendants ran more risk from his hoofs than from the pest itself in dislodging them. Again, one night as Kiyomori was preparing to go to bed, all were amazed and thunderstruck as the fusanva (screens) opened wide and a lady glided into the room. She had long black hair, blackened teeth, face of ghastly pallour, and floated rather than paced the tatami. Glaring fiercely at the prince she slowly wafted toward him. Petticoats never scared Kiyomori ; nor much of anything else, for it is the hostile animus of chronicle and kodan which has grafted cowardice on him. He glared fiercely in return, and as the lady came near sprang forward as if to seize her. Thereupon the spectre disappeared. A mocking evil wail rang through the apartment, chilling the hearts of the witnesses to the scene. Then the fusama were seen slowly to close as of themselves.

It was with such experience that on a late fall night Kiyomori prepared to retire to his couch. His head was buzzing with sake, and he was little inclined to slumber. In such condition small companionship was to be found in his night's bed-fellow. She was sober and sleepy. He was drunk and excited. He looked into the next chamber. The samurai on guard, overcome by sleep, was in the land of Nod. No company was to be had there. Kiyomori frowned. He wanted distraction, if not discipline. But this imperious wilful man had a softer side—toward youth. He left the boy to his slumbers. Then from the garden came a sound — goto-goto-goto. Here at least was excitement. Thieves or conspirators? Kiyomori grasped his pillow sword (niahira-gatana). Making his way to the amado (wooden shutters) he let fall the bar and gently pushed back a panel. The moon was shining brightly. Every detail without was clear as if outlined in sunlight. At first he saw nothing. Then he noticed a skull hopping and rolling along the ground. Then others appeared ; then still more. From the stone lanterns (ishidoro), from jars (tsubo), from the trees, from the artificial lake (ifo), from the ground itself they sprarjg forth in nurabers too great to count. Forming in long lines, these met to pile into heaps. They moved as if human and alive. Then the skulls began to fight fiercely with each other. They clasped and bit each other. Their jaws and teeth clashed and creaked hideously. Forming huge piles they fell apart, only again to give battle. It was horrible to witness this sanguinary fierceness in this bloodless contest of malicious evil will. Kiyomori felt as if he was witnessing one of the interminable contests in the hell of fighting ((shurado). " Spring and flowers, the beauty of life belong to earth. The place of these was beneath its surface, out of sight of the living." So had said the men of old. Nyudo Dono would drive them thither. Great was his courage. As he grasped his sword the skulls formed into one vast overwhelming pile. This towered some fourteen or fifteen jo (140 or 150 feet) and appeared to form one great shaven-pated priestly visage. From its orbits the spectre glared with concentrated hellish hate on Kiyomori. Nyudo Dono bared his sword and stamped the roka (verandah) fiercely. He prepared to leap down to the garden and the combat. Lo ! All vanished. The cold moon of autumn shone on the frost covered ground. The gentle lapping of the sea waves sounded close by. The garden was a scene of ineffable peace, Kiyomori rubbed his eyes and looked again. Nothing! He shivered. Aroused by his shouting and stamping his attendants came flocking to him. The prince was escorted back to his apartment. Physicians and diviners were summoned. Men took the affair gravely and shook their heads. The common people murmured to each other. As for Kiyomori, he had taken cold and spent some days in bed as the result of his nightly vision.

Such was the tale of Tomomune. Many were the Ahs! Kowa ! Iza ! Polite sucking in of the breath, and well aped wonderment. But they had heard Tomomune tell the story before, and he was none too short in the telling. Who would be the next ? Eyes brightened and attention was aroused as Mitsukane called on Isshiki Akihide as next in order to entertain the company. A member of the powerful family whose centre was at Kyoto, related to the Seiwa Genji, Akihide was rapidly advancing to the post of confidence in his lord's favour. Men hated and feared him.

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Iasbiki knew no scruples in the means used to gain favour. Men had risen by valour, by wisdom, by time-serving. Valour and wisdom he lacked. Moreover these means were too slow and painful to secure promotion. His elder brother Naokane held the important post of Provost of Kamakura town. Himself he proposed to study the character and weak points of his lord. They were nearly of an age, the two men ; and the experience of Isshiki among men was of course much the greater. This made hitn more dangerous. He was the channel of his lord's more intimate connection with the outside world. Mitsukane trusted him. On this occasion he prostrated himself in obeisance. At a sign from his lord he squatted again near the dais. On his face was a smile, hard to interpret . whether as cynically sly, or cynically deprecating. The aged uprightness of Tomomune was in secret a mark for his shafts of ridicule. He fathomed no particular greatness in either Tomomune or his son Ujinori. His House was as great as that of the Uesugi. If the latter were in the road so much the worse for them ; and the spoil was great. He began by complimenting his predecessor and senior. Ancient tales were beyond his ken and experience. He was one who lived in the present. To serve his lord his wholehearted allegiance was devoted to that present. To the past he had no obligations. These words were meant to sink into Mitsukane, to call to mind the protest of Noriharu. Was not the whole Uesugi House tainted by an ill-timed fealty to Kyoto ? Isshiki began : " All know what is meant by a Jashin (Snake Divinity), and the 11 Jashin belong to all places and periods. Now it is conceded that " among men are found descendants of these Jashin.* The distin- " guishing mark is scales on the back, so that the authenticity of the " fact is beyond question, and doubtless there are men present who

* The superstition is well known. Momogawa cites the descendants of Hori Kyutaro (pp. 222-3). His second son was a Jashin. At first the crest (mon) was a snake's eye. In time this was altered to kuginuki (pincers). Sayemon-no Jo Hidemasa, and Kato Kiyomasa carried the crest of the snake's eye; as did many of the retainers of the Taiko Hideyoshi who was more likely to hunt out such men than otherwise. This descent is also attributed to Ogata Saburo Koreyoshi, he who drove the Taira out of Kyushu when they sought refuge at Dazaifu.

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" know such. It is respectfully hoped therefore that our lord will "deign not to regard this tale as a mere fairy story.

" In the province of Echigo is a pass (toge) known as the " Oritoge, and the reason for its being so named is as follows. In " days not long since, to be remembered by our grand-fathers, there " lived near the village at the foot of the pass a hunter by the name " of Yosaku. This man made neither accident nor pleasure of his " hunting, but for him it was a means of gaining his livelihood. His "success was great, owing to his skill with bow and spear. Hares u seemed fairly obsessed with the desire to walk into his traps. The wild boar fell an easy victim to his skilled eye ; and Yosaku did " not hesitate to attack with the spear and alone in the forest the "fierce bear. Even badgers and foxes shared in what seemed to " be a grudge against the living. Great was the slaughter he per- " formed in nearly two score years of hunting, and the hat-ma of " these deeds of blood surely was distateful to the gods, as the M sequel shows.

" Yosaku wag a widower. He had a daughter named Ori, a " pretty mountain girl of eighteen years She kept her father's " house, and during bis sometimes prolonged absences spent much of M the time in the village, where she was regarded as the child of the M place — and as a spoiled child. Her father let her have her own - wilful way, and his reputation for success, and her beauty, made "the daughter the object of matrimonial diplomacy to both parents '* and suitors. Now one day Yosaku received an order from the nanu- ** thi (bailiff) of the village, Kinsa by name, for such game, great " and small, as he could secure. The lord was soon expected on his " return from guard duty at Kyoto, and the fief was making great " preparation for a feast of welcome on his arrival. Yosaku received M the commission with great glee, made preparation for an absence "of several days from home, aud equipped himself for most unusual havoc among the beast kind, feathered and four-legged. Before " he left he strictly charged Ori to see that the house was well 11 barred, particularly at night— * or indeed it would be good for you M to spend the night at some house in the village. At any rate it * will be necessary to go there for some dainties for yourself. Above

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"all do not touch the misozuke (pickles) in the cap-board (todana) . 44 This misozuke is good for men ; but for women to eat of it is 44 fatal. Be sure not to touch the misozuke* With this parting 11 warning, spoken from the door, and without further explanation " in his haste, Yosaku set off at a rapid pace up the mountain and " soon disappeared from sight.

44 Yosaku had breakfasted ; Ori had not— as yet Her first " thought was that her father was very unreasonable. He was so "generous to her that she never dreamed of charging him with *' being stingy ; but then all men dearly love food, and in all like- " lihood he was a gobbler. Being a man he never considered that " in the days of his absence the misoiuke would surely mould and " spoil. Not only would it be no offence, but a positive beneficent 44 deed to eat the misozuke. More than a mile lay between herself " and the village, and Yosaku had cleared the larder of everything in his preparation for a longer absence than usual. To confine " herself to daikon (radish) and boiled barley without savouring seemed " ridiculous when this nice mes3 was within a few inches of her " nose. Anyhow there was no harm in looking at it. Besides, " she ought to see that it was really what he said it was. Opening M the closet she found enough, not only for one but an ample feast " for two persons. It smelt very nice. What a shame ! She would " take a taste to make sure it showed no signs of spoiling. This she M did ; and smacked her lips. How nice ! Then she took another 44 taste. There was so much of the mess that her father would M never miss it or care if she took a little. Enough for two she 44 would surely leave half. Pekori, pekori, Ori gobbled and gobbled 44 until not an atom of the delicious mess remained in the huge bowl. M Then she sat down to think. What explanation could she give u for not leaving even a little bit for such a kind father. To uneasi- " ness of conscience was added uneasiness of body. An intolerable 44 and increasing thirst seized her. She seemed to have swallowed 44 fire instead of food. She made hot water and drank cup after cup. " She made infusion of roasted wheat and poured down into her "throat bowl after bowl. Neither thirst nor fire was quenched. 41 Her body swelled and swelled as if with the liquid she imbibed.

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" Pressed by necessity she left the house.* Once in the open air the « roofs of the village houses far below inspired her with the idea of « seeking company if not aid in her sufferings. The distance was not "so very great, but with her now unwieldy body it took hours for " Ori to waddle and roll down the mountain path. Not far from " the trail lay a mountain tarn (Onuma), half pool, half marsh, with " black and muddy depths. In fact the villagers had a tradition " that it had no bottom. Ori could no longer contain the thirst that "consumed her. That the pool was bottomless seemed a very " modest capacity to her desires. She turned aside from the path, "and clumsily sank down by the water's edge. Supporting her- " self on her two hands she lowered herself to drink. The distance " was too great. In her efforts she lost balance. Her now huge " body hesitated and trembled on the brink. Then with a mighty " splash it fell into the depths of the pool and disappeared from ♦.sight.

" Yoeaku had great success in hunting. The animal kingdom " came to the call of his. earnest wishes. Many deer, several boar, " scores of partridge ; nay, at the end of the fifth day of absence " he succeeded in grappling with a huge brown bear. Escaping

* with an ugly claw in the fore-arm he laid low the mighty beast. He " cached the game until aid could be secured from the village. As

* his last acquisition was close by this was easily secured, and with

* it the commendation and large reward of the gratified Kinsa. In " pore merriment and soreness of hand he transfixed a fox almost " on the threshold of his house. Approaching the door he gave a " great shout of triumph to attract the attention of Ori. He found " everything wide open, but no sign of Ori. He shouted again. " Knowing that she had not been to the village for several days he " then thought she had gone to draw water at the spring. He deter- " mined meanwhile to get things ready for the meal. The first thing

* Shikiri ni nodo ga kawaku kara hajime wa yu wo norm cha wo nomimashita ga, sore kara mizu wo nomu nambai mo nambai mo nambai mo nomimasbita ga hara ga ko hi no yd ni natte ite tachimachi no aida ni shoben ni demasuru no ga nettS no yo ni natte kudaru, naonao [nodo ga kawaite tamarimasenu kara flnuma ga gotaimasuru. .... etc., etc Momogawa p. 169.