Page 17, Ogres of Oyeyama
Title
Page 17, 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
"we are poor mountain priests," said Raiko, traveling to Kyoto, and have lost our way. As it is now near sunset, and we are both faint and weary, we hope your master will not send us away." The young ogre readily agreed to state their case to Shutendoji, thinking all the time to himself "what a fine feast we shall have off these fat old priests!" And now they came in sight of there castle. Dark and gloomy it looked, among tall pine trees, and giant rocks of weird and curious shape. The demon cook begged the pretended priests to wait at the
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Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 17, Ogres of Oyeyama,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 2, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/903.