| |
| | SaruDama: The Ghost of Sakura - Tales of Old Japan - Japanese Folklore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Sometimes they pay for their temerity by their lives; but, at any rate, they have the satisfaction of bringing shame upon their persecutor, in the eyes of his neighbours and of the populace. |
 | | In the 2d year of the period Keian, on the 11th day of the 10th month, on the occasion of the festival of first lighting the fire on the hearth, the various Daimios and Hatamotos of distinction went to the castle of the Shogun, at Yedo, to offer their congratulations on this occasion. |
 | | The ancestor of the present representative, six generations ago, had a certain concubine, who was in love with a man who frequented the house, and wished in her heart to marry him; but, being a virtuous woman, she never thought of doing any evil deed. |
| www.sarudama.com /japanese_folklore/ghostofsakura.shtml (11073 words) |
|