Kachi Kachi Mountain Page eleven

Kachi Kachi Mountain Page eleven

Hasegawa, Takajiro, 1853-1938

Private collection on loan to the Linda Lear center for special collection and archives, Connecticut College

Published by T. Hasegawa 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo

Meiji 18, Month 8, Day 17 (Aug 17, 1885)

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Crepe Paper Book

"the old man crying, he came and tried to comfort him,and said he would himself avenge the death of the old woman. 'First,' he said, 'parch me some beans.' And the old man parched them. The rabbit put the parched beans in a pouch and said, 'Now to the mountain again;' and away he went . The badger was attracted by the smell, and came and said; ..."