Night Storm Okinu Flower Frail Dreams of Revenge Volume One the Last Part - English Translation

8/7/2019 Night Storm Okinu Flower Frail Dreams of Revenge Volume One the Last Part - English Translation

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Night storm Okinu Flower Frail Dreams of Revenge - Volume One: TheLast Part

-!"oarashi Okinu #ana no a$a%ume - &hohen shimo!

The story of the murder of Kobayashi Kinpei, the money lender boss, by

Arashi Rikaku III (3 ) (later Ichikawa Gon!r" II (# ) $%&% '$&) and *oarashi +kinu ($%&&'$%#)- .ritten by+kamoto Kisen/Kan0" ( / ) ($%13- ' $%%#--# ) and publishedin $$ (2eii $$ ' $%%)- ishiki'e (pictures) by 4ta5awa *oshitora

&hohen shimo

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uddhahood- Inside her slee=e she rolled the rosary beadsbetween her fin5er and thumb- At home in K"me ($)her heart remembered afadin5 fra5rance of worldly desire- ?assin5 time in the =illa only worsened thefeelin5, li=in5 here near the adacent resplendent eweller@s =illa- :=en thou5h2iss +kinu intended to work in 9arada(#), in the nei5hbourhood of the formerAsakusa Tori5oe@s 8innai >rid5e(3), since a tender a5e it had been her habit toperform ma5ic tricks and u55le- The appeal of these performances hadestablished her with a popular reputation as a beautiful person on sta5e at the

:do =aude=ille appearin5 under the temporarily assumed name of 7u0u5awaKoharu(&)- 7he had also tra=elled to the mansions of the feudal lords,performed ma5ic in the 0ashiki (tatami mat room) at the old Imperial ?alace,and, to suit their pleasure, had charmed with cle=er feats at her fin5ertips- Atse=enteen and on the path to adolescence, she had been chosen to beemployed in the ;kubo house as a resident female entertainer for the youn5


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(#) It is rumoured that +kinu worked at a haneri (Cuality under collar for akimono) shop called 9arada in the nakamise (shops linin5 a walkway) leadin5to 7ensoi Temple in Asakusa- 7he was subseCuently nicknamed 9arada+kinu

(3) The Tori5oe is a ri=er, named after a local shrine in Taito'ku, which

flowed throu5h the Asakusa >?Kuramae area under the 8innai >rid5eBCwhich was also named after a local shrine- The area has a history ofkawata (leather workers) an Dethnic@ 5roup then commonly referred to usin5the dero5ati=e eta and in today@s 8apan referred to as burakumin

The 8innai shrine was named after, and dedicated to, Kosaka 8innai ,a disciple of the le5endary swordsman 2iyamoto 2usashi- 9e was accusedof breachin5 public order and sentenced to death- >efore bein5 eEecuted hecontracted malaria and promised that if anyone prayed to him they would becured of the same disease- For a fictionalised account of 8innai@s torture anddeath see Bhapter IIH The 7hrine of 8innai >ashi in 8ames 7 e>enne=ille@s translation of the 8apanese 5host story D>akemono *ashiki@httpH//www-5utenber5-or5/files/$&1/$&1'h/$&1'h-htmJ?a5e#$

An :do era map of the Kuramae area showin5 =arious notable locations(in 8apanese)httpH//www-maroon-dti-ne-p/Lsatton/taitou'edo/kuramae'edo-htmlTori5oe Ri=er ' $#8innai >rid5e BC'$ 3Tori5oe 7hrine ' $&The Tori5oe can be seen flowin5 past the left of the wharf side Toku5awa

5ranaries ' $(&) 7u0u5awa Koharu Z['\M see plate athttpH//tenichi-eEblo5-p/pa5e//

(1) ;kubo Tadayori aimyo of the Karasuyama omain in7himotsuke ?ro=ince

() ?illows counted M probably a sayin5 meanin5 that they had died

() 9akone spa M the pre'eminent spa town for T"ky"ites

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6shi soto tsuki no samurai morotomo, 2iyanoshita naru toiu ryoshuku nishibashi t"ry! suru 5oro, tai 0ashiki no aikyaku o misome shikirini shita washikera do, i hiyo ru sube mo na5aki itoma ni aranu mi wa, haya nichi5en noseri ki te, yashiki e kaeru omoi de ni, semete wa aseru ru shi in no nadokoromo toi tashi to, yado no onna e hisoka ni tanomi, sa5atte kike ba, 9oncho noKikaku toi eru yakushu toiya no wakainkyo o tanomi ni, kokoronoko shite tachikaeru- :do no yashiki no kiy! kutsu o it" 5a ue ni, toiba no 0ani no hoy" 5a

minishi te, orimetadashi ki reishiki o urusa kuom" nominara0u, ima wa yashikini y" naki karada, mimama ni natte anohito niau yoshi mo5ana to, monoomou shin shitsu taru hashitame no +sayo toiu wa yon! noe o futatsu mitsu koshidi no yuki no toke yasuku, harai ito kuro ki +kinu no aikuchi, shi! o kitetayasu ku hiki uke, komono e tano nde Kikaku 5a ue o tsubusa shiku sa5uri,ima wa K"me no bess" ni sumu yoshi shi te,

6they tra=elled there accompanied by a samurai 5uard, lod5in5 at thearaya Inn($)at 2iyanoshita, to relaE for a suitable time- 7he totally fell in lo=ewith and ea5erly yearned for the 5uest in the opposite 0ashiki (tatami matroom)- As a way to cure sickness a lon5 time was spent at leisure there,successfully so by the time the date for their return home drew near- Theimpendin5 return home once a5ain tri55ered her desire and prompted herrepeated and hurried enCuiries about his name and address- A secret 5ift was

sent to the mistress of the inn and, ha=in5 been 5i=en reliable information, anenCuiry was apolo5etically made to Kikaku, a retired wholesale medicinemerchant based in 9oncho(#)- 9a=in5 luEuriated and recuperated at the healthresort for a while she was, deep down, needlessly anEious about residin5 in:do, and the demand for etiCuette and fussy 5ood manners that entailed-ow in the li=in5 Cuarters her health was lamented but it was hoped that allwould be fine once her well'bein5 had fully returned- 9er health Cuicklyimpro=ed with the help of a lowly and ineEpensi=e maidser=ant called +sayowho was 5ettin5 on for forty years or more and only two to three years awayfrom witherin5 like the meltin5 snow- The real moti=e of +kinu@s friend, Kikaku,howe=er was somewhat sinister- 9e was always ready to earn fa=our by

allowin5 himself to be drawn into free and easy con=ersation- Kikaku spentmuch time re5ularly spyin5, Cuestionin5 a youn5 ser=ant 5irl- It had been5ood to know that she resided then in a =illa at K"me(3),6


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($) araya inn at 2iyanoshita, an onsen, in the spa town of 9akonehttpH//www-naraya'cafe-com/e/history-html

(#) 9onch" (aka 9on") in :do (old Tokyo) was the centre for thewholesale kanp"yaku, herbal medicine

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(3) K"me =illa

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+kumuki no shubi o tsukuroi, +kinu o by"ki to to iu iinsashi te, hoy" kata5atab"kun k"sei o toburau anitsu ni to, koko e wa utauri sumi shi nite, shi iyashiki no omoyaku kara, moshi mo kono nochi ry"en atte katakduku naraba,yashiki de sewa mo shite tora sen, mata issh" o isa5iyoku okuru nareba, fuo

mo sen, mi no furikata wa dore tomo kokoro no mamani makase yo to,tsukiduki niooku teate o tamamono wa ri kereba, imono +h" to +sayo nohoka ni, kahi ninin, otoko toiu wa kono koro shin ta ni kakae taru shimobe no8inpachi nomi ni shite, sh!! rokunin yutaka ni koso wa kurashikeru- >uhayasu hy"shi mo onnai nanakusa no koe no kata kara ake some te, kasumita na biku niwa no to o, o te iri kuru ninin no kyaku wa, kano s"sh" to2amehachi nite, nen shu no rei wa sokosokoni, ky" wa sekku ni hatsu u omochikomi, kotoni eh" mo uma no kata, 0ehi tomo de0o no otomo o sen tosoya shitateru ni, Kakutar" saraba hatsu u ni mode nto, yo o shinobu mino 0ehinakumo, +yae o uchi e koshioki, ninin o tomo te uraura to dekake ta ato e,hiki chi5ae ta0u kishi hitoha, hi5oro kara tonari no ry" ya kore ie e o

taikomochi hanbun shutsuny!

suru 9ashiba hotori no yabui nite, shi mei oKurobayashi Gentatsu to yobumono nari- Annai mo se0uni niwasaki kara, yaa5yokei de5oa0aru, daish" taku kara, biin no soba ni bakari saburai tte6

6and o=er time refurbished the Inner part of the house- +kinu@s illness wasportrayed as thou5h it was real whilst at the same as her Drecuperation@ wasunder way time there was a retreat to hold a memorial ser=ice for +kinu@s latefather'in'law, the deceased


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eat nanakusa($), the traditional eatin5 of se=en herb porrid5e celebratin5 thearri=al of sprin5, and for chantin5 to be5in- The feared e=il spirits tryin5 toenter the 5arden 5ate 5rew dim- A couple of 5uests, an authoritati=e teacherand 2amehachi(#), arri=ed- :nterin5 they rewarded e=eryone with a hurriedrendition of son5s and poems to welcome in the new year, the day of theseasonal festi=al celebratin5 the arri=al of the new fourth si5n of the Oodiac,the 9are- It was particularly auspicious because of the forthcomin5

appearance, in 2ay, of the se=enth si5n of the Oodiac, the 9orse- +f coursethe first time the friend and his companion appeared to celebrate futurefortune the ew *ear@s spiced cake was prepared and brou5ht out- Kakutar",about to 5o on a pil5rima5e to celebrate the year of the 9are, bade farewell-4na=oidably, to continue prosper, day to day li=in5 and the demands ofsociety had to be endured- +yae, despairin5, was left at home to clear upafter the two 5entle and like the sun in sprin5, da00lin5, friends departed- Intime companionship arri=ed in the 5uise of a man who re5ularly =isited fromthe neEt door nei5hbour@s =illa- To pass the time the man, an honourableentertainer, had the run of half the house of Kurobayashi Gentatsu, therenowned nei5hbourhood doctor in 9ashiba(3), who was in=ited o=er as soon

as could be- +ut in the 5arden ew *ear@s 5reetin5s were made with theassistance of the house master- earby, in the house, was a beautifulperson@s retainer6

($) anakusa no sekku "#$%&The tradition of eatin5 nanakusa'5ayu "#'se=en herb porrid5e on the th8anuary durin5 which a chant is recited toward off e=il and brin5 lon5e=ity and health

(#) 2amehachi M possibly named after a mischie=ous character in humoristTamena5a 7hunsuiPs ($'$%&3) fictional work Q9aru no waka5usa (The

*oun5 Grass of 7prin5)Q

(3) 9ashiba C , Taito'ku, Tokyo- In the :do period it was an ele5antnei5hbourhood of residences, =illas and banCuetin5 halls where Geisha wouldentertain on the west bank of the 7umida Ri=er

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okata yara, tabitabi ota0une m"shitemo, o hanshinai no wa yohodo fushi5i,nan o tanomi ni kono taku ni o ra ruru koto yara, kore mo bun ra nu, ima nikakoku o ken ra ruru kato omoe ba makoto ni oki no doku, hay" funbetsu6

6hinderin5 +yae@s full recuperation- At the door talk was of the newappearance of the si5n of the 9are- >ecause it was the season of the firsthar=est of the year +yae was inside, reco=erin5- The son5s and poemseEpressed their current 5ratitude celebratin5 there with three friends of thearri=al of the ew *ear- As it was the new appearance of the si5n of the 9arethey left on a round of =isits in time stoppin5 and listenin5 to their nei5hbours

at their doors- Gentatsu slowly climbed up to the 0ashiki (tatami mat room)and looked o=er at his nei5hbours to see what was happenin5- The e=erbeautiful woman who had arri=ed in the nei5hbourhood and who was bein5chaperoned wasn@t there- The house was empty eEcept for the head of thehousehold, who was house sittin5, because of the new si5n of the 9arecelebrations- Astutely he slowly noticed the esteemed youn5 woman =isitin5houses in the nei5hbourhood- Thou5h the head of his household had noticedwhen she had returned from stayin5 in a well known health resort and thetruth of the couple@s relationship and their intentions for some reason the5entleman remained uncertain about the esteemed youn5 woman- 9efreCuently tried to ascertain what the couple@s arran5ements were and thou5h

not illicit it still remained a 5reat mystery- .hat was 5oin5 on depended oncontinued obser=ation- This marked the fate waitin5 for all of them- >ecauseof the chan5in5 situation in all likelihood, and before lon5, wretched outcomeseemed likely- 7wiftly discernin5 the truth of the fa=ourite@s poisonous naturehow6

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5ratitude- 2iss +yae may ha=e been down on her luck but then had wiped herhands of it when she retired to this place- The maidser=ant Cuickly pulledopen the shoi (paper) screen- Gentatsu was astonished to hear that,apparently, this ew *ear the apprentice from 9onch" had been beheaded-D9uhS uickly@, he said, Dlet@s hurry o=er to that place a 5arland of nanakusa(se=en 5reen herbs) but let@s not 5o until we@=e performed a ceremony ofstampin5 and drummin5 so that we ha=e no mis5i=in5s when we ha=e

returned@-

The dear person pretended not to know Kakutar" who was accompanied byone of his two friends, the professional entertainer- They soon arri=ed at*ana5ashima@s($)4me (?lum) Garden in Kameido(#,3), near where there wasanother attraction, 4meyashiki(&)- 9ere, durin5 an early 7prin5 e=ent,Gentatsu discussed with her house mistress, who last year at 9akone hadbecome acCuainted with +kinu@s crowd, and in=esti5ated their con=ersations-ressed beautifully she was eEtremely seducti=e- ei5hbours they sat onadacent footstools and chatted for the first time- They were oined by themaidser=ant who 2amehachi poked fun at- Intimate at last, the two 5roups

socialised to5ether with the dear one- For a =ariety of reasons, at the9ashimoto Restaurant(1),sake and dinner were ser=ed- 4ndeniably they werecon5enial and were enoyin5 the entertainment to5ether- As God is a witnesshow could anythin5 be compared with somethin5 as 5ood as wishin5 to bewith +kinu who made freCuent e=enin5 =isits to Gentatsu and parted without acare in the world- 9onestly she was a troubled 5irl and a solution was indeedreCuired for her flirtatious beha=iour and conduct- They resol=ed to be resilientuntil, in some way, this feelin5 mi5ht indeed be made to steadfastly fade away-

($) *ana5ishima Island in Kameido south west of T"ky"()

Mykendo Temple at Yanagishima from Hiroshige IIs Forty Eight Famous Vies of Edo

(#) Kameido`is in K"t"ku .ard _, T"ky"()

(3) Kakutar" was the son of Kinokuniya, ihonbashi@s dry 5oods seller (oteH>efore $#3 Kinokuniya, today a book publisher and seller, used to sellcharcoal and wood)- Kiyosumi Gardens ! in Kameido was the

residence of the successful :do 5oods merchant Kinokuniya >un0aemon *+,-./01($'$3&)- It@s possible that >un0aemon, a fa=ourite of the5o=ernment officials, *ana5isawa *oshiyasu and +5ura 7hi5ehide, of then


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7h"5unToku5awa Tsunayoshi234, established a tradin5 depot in*otsuya 56 when, in $1 the area underwent maor de=elopment, andwhere the charcoal and wood depot predecessor to the current Kinokuniya>ooks was located

(&) 4meyashiki (3t , in ;ta .ard mH a few kilometres south of7hina5awa "#, now a municipal park was, durin5 the :do period, plantedwith hundreds of plum trees and the location of medicine traders and the siteof Kameido teahouses and inns ser=in5 tra=ellers on the first post town on theourney south from T"ky"()ontheT"kaid" Road

4meyashiki by 9iroshi5e

(1) 9ashimoto Restaurant at *ana5ishima Island in Kameidowas located on the banks of the ri=er Tenin at the unction of theKitaukken5awa and *okoukken5awa Banals in the north'east corner of :doPs9on" district adacent to the 2y"ken 9all, $ *ana5ashima %

2y"ken0an &'( 9ossh"i

The bri5htly lit windows of the 9ashimoto Restaurant at *ana5ishima Island

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9aru wa ari taki mono nari to, +kinu wa itaku sake o ka shite ku shi ki y"su ni,shi ba o setsu a5e, uchi tomo da tsute kerimichi, Kakutar" wa +kinu o tasuketsutsu, tonari no ry" e okuri komi, ninin no tomo o kado kara kaeshite iru0ashiki ni, shonbori to +yae 5a mono o aniru ha, reino kototo Kakutar", sobae suwate kao bu na5ame, k" pokapoka to y"ki ninatta ni, soto e derarenuomae no min"e, kibun no fusa5u wa mottomo i ya, shi uchi o h" no hataraki

de, d" to ka hanashi 5a kimaru de arau, sukoshi no aida shinb" sureba,omote te no my"to tonareru, ky" wa hakari 0u otanari no +kinu san no och!tsure ni deai, 9ashimto de6

It@s said that durin5 sprin5time life chan5es- +kinu was drinkin5 sakeeEcessi=ely and makin5 herself disturbed and thorou5hly miserable-Accompanied by his trusted companion Kakutar" returned and rescued +kinusendin5 her off into a nei5hbour@s =illa- The couple@s trusted companion turnedback from the 5ate and returned to the 0ashiki (tatami mat room)- As always inthese circumstances with Kakutar" +yae was downhearted and anEiousabout their emotional in=ol=ement- Kakutar" sat close and looked at her face-Feelin5 warmth throu5hout his body and completely cheerful- DFeelin5melancholy about your future happens in real life@- In that situation, with a littletime and patience, his honourable inner fra5rance worked its ma5ic and withincreased encoura5ement she became more settled and turned o=er a newleaf- +utwardly they appeared not to be a couple and had that day intelli5ently

mana5ed an encounter with 2iss +kinu@s close companion and maidser=ant-9ashimoto is6

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6ippai yatta 5a, anakusa no hatsu u no seika, kinnen ni nai hito no de, toiuhashibashi 5a Gentatsu no i shi kotoba ni omia tare ba, sate ato +yae wa ky"

kedo, kuchi wa shita naku i de te, keibetsu rete wa hai to, ka Gentatsu 5amidara naru furuma seshi mo o ;h" mi, Tadamoto taku kara bant" 5a toshishu ni kose shi5oto nado wo tsu te, sono ba wo to na seshi 5a, Kakutar" watsuma yori oriori ni tonari no ry" e " kayoi, shitashiku maiwaru 7"chi ni, koinitedare no +kinu no to nashi, tsuma toi wane de " arukoto no ha5usa notsuyu ke ki ni, haruka0e ukete nabi kete u, +saya 5a kei ki baishaku ni, tsuno,bu tokete kara, Kakutar", i0enni katte hi5oto noy"ni, tonari e bakari irikomi ni0o, +yae wa haimete Gentatsu no kyo 5a makoto to arumi5ata, shiohi5ari nimei nu oki no ishi, in koso shiranu asay! ni bin naki mi nomi mi tan chi tsutsu,tamoto no kawaku ma totemo naku yori hoka ni, kochira koto o s"dan suru wao yoshi nomi, sore mo kochira koro ie ni ora neba, tada kochira mi otsutsushimi, urami o tsutsu@nde itsumademo, mi o maka shitaru Kakuta(r") nonushi e shi eta uede, misurarenai ba sore made to, akiramete mitemo,musmume 5i no matamo toyakau yukusue o ani dashiteha, monoomoi u shinno uchi 0o aware nari- 7ate mo +kinu wa ko0o no aki misome ta koi 5a yayani kanau te ureshi ki kon"e ha, sekken ha te no f!fu to naraba, matatanoshimi mo kakubetsu nara n@, yashiki no kata wa endu no 5an mo sumi do,kobito ni +yae to ieru tsukimono areba, Kakuta(r") no kata 5a mend" nari,tada kon"e ha, +yae sae no0o ka ba,

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nei5hbour@s =illa and relaEed treated to intimate associations- +kinu wasskilful in the accomplishments of lo=e and there seemed to be compellin5lypassionate feelin5s accompanied by the mood of Ddew on 5rass lea=es@ (#)- Inthe li5ht atmosphere recallin5 the usual feelin5 of bein5 swayed by the sprin5bree0e +sayo was matchmakin5- 9elpin5 to resol=e any problems Kakutar"made chan5es to his daily life, a complicated step to make towardscompanionship- For the first time +yae became aware of the real untruths to

Gentatsu@s story and was pitched into aurmi5ata (3), 5atherin5 shells at lowtide and =iewin5 the wild rocks offshore- ?eople weren@t always aware, andneeded to be constantly reminded, of her family berea=ement as she pausedfor a while from her eEcessi=e cryin5 to dry her slee=e- It was as well, at thattime, to 5i=e up discussin5 the matter in Cuestion and to stop beha=in5 likethis when she was away from home- In this way, pre=iously, she hadpreser=ed her modesty- 7he had entrusted herself to ser=ice to Kakuta(r")@smaster for her future li=in5 as lon5 as she didn@t forsake or 5i=e up seein5 himthou5h she was constantly resentful- +nce a5ain fault could be found with her5irlishly pro=ocati=e temperament- AnEious thou5hts about losin5 her futureprospects in=oked a chillin5 misery in her mind-

.ith some pleasant effort +kinu had also fallen in lo=e last autumn withsomeone whose lo=e, in truth and in mind, had also 5rown and 5rown- Ifcircumstances allowed they would dispel the efforts of the community to breakthem up- Also, if circumstances allowed they would continue to takeeEceptional pleasure from their relationship- The master of the residence hadwished them well and had completed the arran5ements for them to bemarried- ay, is also the name of aplace near a5oya that was one of the post stations of the Tokaido- Thisreference may allude to Ankamon@ in no 7hio, a court attendant to ?rincessAnkamon@in, who also became a nun but remained in=ol=ed in worldly affairs

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In this way they were able to realise their desire, somethin5 which, 5i=en theeEtra ad=ice they had been 5i=en, they tried hard not to allow to dissipate-+sayo was also anEiously wonderin5 about this and that when it was time toset off on the late e=enin5 ourney- From the subterranean dark of one of therooms the li5ht of a lamp shone out as the women fussed about- All e=enin5the couple wondered if there was anythin5 else other than this foolish oldperson who they were contri=in5 to remember- .isdom lent honour tomoti=atin5 them to makin5 a mo=e and 5radually there wasn@t anyone else leftapart from Kurobayashi Gentatsu- Bomin5 and 5oin5 freely between theresidences and intimate at home +sayo contentedly conspirin5 with a stealthy

5a0e disco=ered what was happenin5 with +kinu- As far as she wasconcerned the nature of the couple@s companionship was dark in nature- Inthe circumstances she usefully pretended not to see the contempt andre=ulsion instead feelin5 sufficient compassion towards the old man- 2uddledthou5h the plans were in +kinu@s mind came a silent answer($)- From inside aboE 5old was taken- In eEpectation and in a different mood Gentatsu wipedthe slate clean- It was an eEceptionally superior reward as a finishin5 touchand was con5ratulatory for the Te'tsuke(#)sayin5 that +yae had taken it- 2uchearlier +kinu and +sayo had hurriedly whispered how pathetic the old manwas- As the couple listened a formal postponement was announced as aresult of the dear one ha=in5 done this and that and temporarily for a short

while con=ersation pro=ed entirely unnecessary- +nce a5ain in her secret andsly way +sayo spoke up sayin5 that the dear one should ha=e been whereshe would ha=e done as she was told and if they disco=ered the cause thecase could be drawn to a close- The reason for the dear one@s ruin wasbecause the manser=ant 8inapchi in Cuestionin5 her had seen throu5h hertemperamental mischief- As a conseCuence and if circumstances alloweddoin5 this and that would ensure that the best plan would reach a criticalpoint-Borrectly three of the employees had a secret meetin5 to discuss the eEtent ofthe scary work of the in=esti5ation- >y the time the lon5 7prin5 day hadpassed it had been mostly spent mostly messin5 around- It was the twentieth

day which marked the end of the first month of the ew *ear because ofwhich the playin5 of Karuta(3)had ended- 4nder 5uidance +kinu wrote lettersand prepared a little for the hardship to come and now the opportunity for


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2iss +yae to brin5 someone to meet the women had ended and so it wasdecided to lea=e at the earliest opportunity that e=enin5- As what hadoccurred was unusual and in eEcess of what was reasonable the onlyacceptable and eEcellent solution was to take a hard tone opposin5 anyencoura5ement of +yae@s stupidness otherwise there mi5ht be an uneEpectedoutcome when similarly her reputation for ealousy mi5ht affect the future-.ith satisfaction the arran5ements were prepared and they, Kakuta(r") and

his fellow nei5hbour, went to the city Cuarter intendin5 that day to tidy up the0ashiki (tatami mat room) in the mansion where +kinu@s knickers had madepast da00lin5 appearances wa=ed and =iewed in e=ery direction- All in allcallin5 attention to herself by dressin5 up and puttin5 on airs and 5races andfindin5 a place on the pillow-

($) 4naduki , silent answer, is also the name of a mountain top shrinemade by God to enable him to descend from hea=en- 7ymbolically themeanin5 is probably that of Dbein5 brou5ht down to earth@U humbled

(#) Te'tsukeTan official of a =illa5e subordinate to the 7ho5un@s eputy+fficial ai'kwan ,

(3) Karuta67, 8apanese card 5ame httpH//en-wikipedia-or5/wiki/Karutaimplyin5 that the 5amblin5 of the prota5onists of this story is also o=er

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muri na susume ni ni san bai, +yae 5a nomu to tachimachi ni manako kurainde, teashi 5a ritsu i, mune no hotori ni 5a kurushi ku te, nanibun 0ashiki nitamararenu y"su o, +yasu 5a miteto te, i0en no tokuri o torikataduke, +yaesamani wa a5aranu seika, yohodo o y" na sareta o y"su, oyasumi nasaru 5ayo kara uto, +yasu 5a ie ba, Kakutar", sukoshimo nomi nu buiki na onna,oteka0u na5ara chotto taku made oku tte kudasare, yakunitatanu to kamaimosenu o, +yae wa kuyashi to omoe domo, muna5urushikini tae karete,

aisatsu totemo sokosokoni, och! no kata ni tasukerare, wa5aie no 0ashiki eyainaya, shi mama sokohe butsu fushi te, sh"tai nakereba, 5eo wa odoroki,muri ni fushido e katsu5ikomi, furi o hisenu teate shite, onore mo 5ash" no y"io suru toki, tonari no och! 5a kotodute ni, kika no danna wa watashi kata e otomari nasaru to kiku te, shi took soko toi shite ono 5a 5ash" ni iri ni keru- 7hiyo mo fuke te ushimitsu 5oro, niwa no kakine o noriko te, shinobi taru ichininno kusemono, tefuki mabuka ni omote o tsutsumi, mo o takaku hikara5e,niwaishi dutaini ensaki no amado o ichimai ko di hanashi, +yae no 5ash" ouka5au te, hito hokuhoku datent"ki, y" au tefuki hikinobashi, sh"tai mo naki+yae no kuchi e saru5utsuwa, obi nite karada o 5uru5uru maki, yoara oshitekata e hi kake, isoide niwa no kiretto kara, ura wome5utte tan bo michi, ikiseki

kake te, 4shima no tsutsumi e nobo tte atari o mimawashi, koko wa nabakariBh"meii no6

+yae was brou5ht in and after bowin5 she was Cuestioned-


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of sake- +hS To a 5reat eEtent the outlook for +yae did not look 5ood orfruitful- The situation was that the dau5hter of another man@s honourable wifewas drunk and she had taken break do0in5 whilst +sayo chatted about it-Kakutar" did not want anythin5 to drink or anythin5 to do with the wanton 5irl-Troubled for a short while she was sent from the house, her pretence anduselessness ha=in5 been established +yae no lon5er felt able to fit in andwith ti5htness in her chest, faltered, appearin5 re5retful- Respondin5 Cuickly

the maidser=ant offered her shoulder helpin5 each other to stand up nosooner had they reached the 0ashiki (tatami mat room) than she struck outand fell o=er- Bomin5 to her senses, the maidser=ant, astonished at herunreasonable beha=iour, carried her to the bed where she unintentionallydrew attention to herself by ar5uin5- Tidyin5 up the bed and an5rilyinterectin5, the nei5hbour@s maidser=ant 5a=e her a messa5e that, DThepatron the house asked me to stopo=er briefly to 5i=e you a messa5e, thisplace is closed and you are cannot stay here@- That e=enin5 as it 5rew lateand midni5ht approached a suspicious fellow, wearin5 a towel wrapped roundhis head and with his eEpensi=e skirt tucked up, rode past the 5arden hed5e-7neakin5 in across the stone pa=in5 in the 5arden and alon5 the =eranda wall

he lifted and slid in under the storm shutter- Bhucklin5 to himself he went to+yae@s bed, struck her as she was noddin5 off- As the truth dawned on hershe wept as she was rou5hly handled and 5a55ed with a hand towel- An obi(belt) was wrapped and wound around her body and she was deliberatelyslun5 partially o=er one shoulder- 9e dashed out Cuickly throu5h a 5ap in the5arden until, out of site behind the house, he reached the road by the paddy(rice field)- The sprint made him pant- Blimbin5 up the side of the bank at4shima(#) he looked around- 9ere on the other shore by the so namedBh"meii(3)6

($) shiraito' silk thread (perfection)

(#) The Geisha nei5hbourhood 2uk"ima@s 4shima 8ina 7hrine -.

+n the opposite (east) bank of the 7umida5awa Ri=er from Asakusa in7umida ?ark near what remains of the 2ito clan =illa in K"me its blackstone cow, adeushi, is purported to help in the rapid healin5 ofinuries


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(3) 2ukoima Bh"meii (


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been balanced also the reader has come to the end of this part and reached?art Two

($) D9ail to AmitVbha >uddha@, and is chanted or recited by ?ure uddhists in order to 5ain rebirth into the ?ure

Night Storm Okinu Flower Frail Dreams of Revenge Volume One the Last Part - English Translation

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