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Anonymous. Romances of Old Japan
Romances of Old Japan
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE QUEST OF THE SWORD
PART II
PART III
PART IV
THE TRAGEDY OF KESA GOZEN
THE SPIRIT OF THE LANTERN
THE REINCARNATION OF TAMA
THE REINCARNATION OF TAMA
THE LADY OF THE PICTURE
URSATO, OR THE CROWN OF DAWN
THE POSITION AT THE OPENING OF THE STORY
URSATO, OR THE CROW OF DAWN[1]
TSUBOSAKA
TSUBOSAKA
LOYAL, EVEN UNTO DEATH
Or The Sugawara Tragedy
LOYAL EVEN UNTO DEATH. Or The Sugawara Tragedy
PART II
HOW KINU RETURNED FROM THE GRAVE
A CHERRY-FLOWER IDYLL
THE BADGER-HAUNTED TEMPLE[1]
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Rendered into English from Japanese Sources
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"There is no time to lose! This is January and our Daimio's birthday falls on the third of March. The sword must be laid out in state on that festive occasion in the palace. I shall be disgraced and my house ruined if the sword be not forthcoming that day. My duties at the palace make it impossible for me to undertake the search. Even supposing that I were at liberty to go in quest of the sword, to do so would bring about my undoing, which is just what our enemy Gunbei desires. You are now a ronin [a masterless samurai], you have no master, no duty, no appearances to maintain. Your absence from our midst will cause embarrassment to no one. Therefore undertake this mission, I command you, and restore the sword to our house. If your search is crowned with success, I will receive you back into my household, and all shall be as it was between us in former times."
With this assurance Sakurai took his own sword from his girdle and handed it to Jurobei as a pledge of the compact between them.
