The Kwaidan of the Lady of Tamiya

The late JAMES S. DE BENNEVILLE, American author, translator and scholar, and long-time resident of Japan is well known for his superb renditions of Japan's great historic literary classics. Among his works is Tales of the Samurai, also published by Kegan Paul.

Chapter I O'Mino and Densuké; Chapter II Kawai San of Kandu Ku; Chapter III Takahashi Daihachir?; Chapter IV The Appearance of O'Iwa San; Chapter V 1A deep cutting through the hill. They are common features in Nippon. Many valleys are only accessible by a climb, unless mitigated by a kirid?shi, or obviated by a tunnel. Kamakura, for instance, is accessible by land in no other way. Asahina kirid?shi: there are several others; chapter VI Negotiations: The Business of a Marriage Broker (Nak?do); chapter VII Iémon 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 Yoémon: With News of Kond? Roku-Robei and Myozen 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;