Page 20, Ogres of Oyeyama
Title
Page 20, Ogres of Oyeyama
Creator
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938
Source
Private collection, on loan to the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College
Publisher
[Published by T. Hasegawa, Tokyo]
Date
Meiji 24, Month 7, Day 20 (July 20, 1891)
Contributor
Eitaku, Kobayashi, 1843-1890 (illustrator)
Rights
Copyright Connecticut College, 2014. For rights and reproduction requests, contact the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives at learcenter(at)conncoll(dot)edu.
Format
Image/JPEG
Language
English, Japanese
Type
Document
Identifier
Japanese Fairy Tales No. 19
Original Format
Crepe Paper Book
Text
bones, though there was also a dish or two of wild boar and other game.
Raiko and his comrades were almost sick with the sight, yet dared not refuse to take part in this ghastly feast. The ogre and his lords were too busy with their own meal, which they devoured ravenously, to notice their guests did no more than feign to eat, and in reality left the disgusting morsels untasted. All this time the wine had been flowing like water; indeed there was a large tub of it standing near, from which smaller vessels were constantly being filled. Some of these vessels frightful to tell, were
Raiko and his comrades were almost sick with the sight, yet dared not refuse to take part in this ghastly feast. The ogre and his lords were too busy with their own meal, which they devoured ravenously, to notice their guests did no more than feign to eat, and in reality left the disgusting morsels untasted. All this time the wine had been flowing like water; indeed there was a large tub of it standing near, from which smaller vessels were constantly being filled. Some of these vessels frightful to tell, were
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Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 20, Ogres of Oyeyama,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/900.