Kanji Press - About the Chirizuka Monogatari

from the Illustrated Tales of Regent Hideyoshi

In the Beginning 1-1-1 How Hideyoshi Was Born 1-1-2 How Hideyoshi Met Koroku 1-1-3 How Koroku Tested Hideyoshi 1-1-4 How Hideyoshi Met Matsushita Yukitsuna

from the Senjūshō

5:3 About Naiki Yasutane 5:4 Sojō Yōen 5:5 Kakuson and the Monk With a Poem About Rattles 5:6 The Lady of the Middle Counselor 5:10 A Man of Ōmi Lost His Son and Left Secular Life 5:11 About a Nun of Eguchi 9:8 Courtesan of Eguchi 9:10 A Reunion at the Hasedera Temple

from the works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The Christ of Nanking Ogin Oshino

from the Chirizuka Monogatari

1:1 How a Poem of Lord Jōtokuin Shaded the Burning Sun 2:6 Selfless Lord Amako Tsunehisa 3:4 About the Legends of Mount Ômine 4:1 About Extraordinary Tales of Master Kobo, Salt, Chikami, Reed and Other Things 4:4 Witty Tales of Japan and India 5:4 Lord Hosokawa's Secret Plot 5:9 Lord Moronao's Amorous Affairs 6:5 Priest Myosen and Masashige

Chirizuka Monogatari

Tales From the Dust Mound (1689)

The Chirizuka Monogatari is a collection of sixty-five stories in six chapters mainly related to historically celebrated figures, including emperors, priests, warriors and shugendô ascetics. According to the brief preface, the unidentified compiler gathered notable tales of the past with some illustrations (thirty-two in total) to educate young people. Here I have translated some tales with the illustrations which appear in the Chirizuka Monogatari, presently owned by Tokyo Daigaku Shiryo Hensanjo.

Yoshiko Dykstra