The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari / Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

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LEGEND.

THE YOTSUYA KWAIDAN OR

O'IWA INARI BY THIS AUTHOR

THE YOTSUYA KWAIDAN

OR O'IWA INARI RETOLD FROM THE JAPANESE ORIGINALS BY JAMES S.

PREFACE

CONTENTS

PROEM

CHAPTER I O'MINO AND DENSUKE

CHAPTER II KAWAI SAN OF KANDU KU

CHAPTER III TAKAHASHI DAIHACHIR+?

CHAPTER IV THE APPEARANCE OF O'IWA SAN

CHAPTER V THE AFFAIR OF THE SHIBA KIRID+?SHI [11]

CHAPTER VI NEGOTIATIONS: THE BUSINESS OF A MARRIAGE BROKER (NAK+?DO)

CHAPTER VII IEMON APPEARS

CHAPTER VIII IF OLD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT

CHAPTER IX LOVE KNOTS

CHAPTER X THE PLOT AGAINST O'IWA

CHAPTER XI THE PLOT DEVELOPS

CHAPTER XII KWAIBA'S REVENGE

CHAPTER XIII THE Y+?TAKA (NIGHT-HAWKS) OF HONJ+?

CHAPTER XIV THE PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XV CH+?BEI GETS THE NEWS

CHAPTER XVI NEWS REACHES KWAIBA

CHAPTER XVII NEWS FROM KWAIBA

CHAPTER XVIII IN THE SHADOW OF THE GO-INKY+?

CHAPTER XIX TAMIYA YOEMON: WITH NEWS OF KOND+? ROKUR+?BEI AND MY+?ZEN THE PRIEST

CHAPTER XX KIBEI DONO

CHAPTER XXI MATTERS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAPTER XXII THE RITES FOR O'IWA SAN

CHAPTER XXIII SANZUGAWA BRIDGELESS: THE FLOWERLESS ROAD TRAVERSED BY THE DEAD

PART I

CHAPTER I The Ch+?gen Rokuzo

CHAPTER II The BakEmono Yashiki

CHAPTER III Nakakawachi Sh+?zen

CHAPTER IV The O'KagE Sama

CHAPTER V The Report to the Tono Sama

CHAPTER VI The Shrine of the O'Inari Sama

CHAPTER VII The Luck of Okumura Sh+?zen

CHAPTER VIII Aoyama Sh+?zen

CHAPTER IX Sh+?zen meets Sh+?zen

CHAPTER X The Meeting of the Gaman Kwai

PART II THE BANCH+? SARAYASHIKI OR THE LADY OF THE PLATES WHAT AOYAMA SH+ZEN BECAME.

CHAPTER XI The Yoshida Goten

CHAPTER XII The K+?jimachi Well

CHAPTER XIII The Sen-HimEgimi (Princess Sen)

CHAPTER XIV Sh+?zen Adolescens

CHAPTER XV The God favours Sh+?zen

CHAPTER XVI The Affair of the Asakusa Kwannon

CHAPTER XVII Emma Dai-+? gives Judgment

CHAPTER XVIII Kosaka Jinnai

CHAPTER XIX A Matter of Pedestrianism

CHAPTER XX The Affair of Kish+? Ke

CHAPTER XXI If old Acquaintance be forgot

CHAPTER XXII The Shrine of the Jinnai-bashi

CHAPTER XXIII A Winter Session

CHAPTER XXIV The Tiger at the front Gate; the Wolf at the Postern

CHAPTER XXV Ch+?dayu wins his Suit

CHAPTER XXVI Sampei Dono

CHAPTER XXVII Aoyama wins his Suit

CHAPTER XXVIII The Sarayashiki

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