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

Files

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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.