Kwaidan Of The Lady

by De_Banneville

• ISBN13: 9780710307002
• ISBN10: 0710307004
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Kwaidanare what Lafcadio Hearn called "stories and studies of strange things" -- eerie tales which convey the enduring mystery of traditional Japanese culture and the world of the samurai. In this volume, de Benneville's rendition of the Yotsuya Kwaidanof Shunkintei Ryuo paints a picture of life in the capital city of Edo among samurai of the highest class, jostling for power at the court of the Shogun. At the heart of the story is the Lady of Tamiya, a daughter of the samurai who is sold by her brutal husband into the floating world of the brothels, from which she escapes only in death. Thereafter, the Lady is avenged as misfortune relentlessly overtakes all who betrayed her, and she is still remembered today in a Tokyo shrine popular with women who seek her protection. More than any history, kwaidanreveal the inner morality of the samurai code.

Table of Contents

Proem	15	(2)
O'Mino and Densuke	17	(11)
Kawai San of Kanda Ku	28	(7)
Takahashi Daihachiro	35	(8)
The Appearance of O'Iwa San	43	(6)
The Affair of the Shiba Kiridoshi	49	(14)
Negotiations: The Business of a Nakodo or Marriage Broker	63	(11)
Iemon Appears	74	(12)
If Old Acquaintance Be Forgot	86	(7)
Love Knots	93	(6)
The Plot Against O'Iwa	99	(7)
The Plot Develops	106	(8)
Kwaiba's Revenge	114	(9)
The Yotaka (Nighthawks) of Honjo	123	(8)
The Punishment	131	(10)
Chobei Gets the News	141	(14)
News Reaches Kwaiba	155	(7)
News of Kwaiba	162	(11)
In the Shadow of the Go Inkyo	173	(7)
Tamiya Yoemon: With News of Kondo Rokurobei and Myozen the Priest	180	(15)
Kibei Dono	195	(17)
Matters Ecclesiastical	212	(10)
The Rites for O'Iwa	222	(11)
The Sanzugawa, Bridgeless; the Flowerless Road Traversed by the Dead	233	(18)
Appendices	251