The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi (1)

The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi (1)

More than seven hundred years ago, at Dan-no-ura, in the Straits of Shimonoseki, was fought the last battle of the long contest between the Heike, or Taira clan, and the Genji, or Minamoto clan.

There the Heike perished utterly, with their women and children, and their infant emperor likewise ー now remembers as Antoku Tennō.

And that sea and shore have been haunted for seven hundred years.
... Elsewhere I told you about the strange crabs found there, called Heike crabs, which have human face on their backs, and are said to be the spirits of heike warriors.

But there are many strange things to be seen and heard along that coast.

On dark nights thousands of ghostly fires hover about the beach, or flit above the waves ー pale lights which the fisherman called Oni-bi, or demon-fires; and, whenever the winds are up, a sound of great shouting comes from that sea, like a clamor of battle.

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LAfacadio Hearn 小泉八雲　「KWAIDAN」より、「耳なし芳一」の物語です。
この出だしは原作文通りですが、
申し訳ありませんが途中を若干re-told して(原作の表現を尊重はしますが)お届けする場合もあるかと思います(出だしもそうですが、ややこしいところがありまして)。

re-toldの考慮時間が必要なため、掲載はほぼ２日に一度となる見込みです。

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