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Konjeglavi demon na ulici Ičidžo

Uji Shūi Monogatari · anonimna srednjeveška zbirka
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O besedilu

Konjeglavi demon na ulici Ičidžo

Vir
Uji Shūi Monogatari
Avtor
anonimna srednjeveška zbirka
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
日本語
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
160 一条桟敷屋鬼事

O izvirniku

Uji Shūi Monogatari

Srednjeveške japonske pripovedi o menihih, duhovih, čudežih, prevarah in vsakdanjih presenečenjih. Bralni jezik je English, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Uji Shūi Monogatari v jeziku 日本語.

Besedilo

Konjeglavi demon na ulici Ičidžo

Something passed by, chanting as it went. Wondering what it could be, he pushed the shutter open a little and peered out. It was an oni with a horse’s head, standing as tall as the eaves. Terrified, he shut the shutter and retreated to the back of the room. Then the oni pushed up the lattice, thrust its face inside, and said, “You had a good look, didn’t you? You had a good look, didn’t you?” He drew his sword and waited with the woman beside him, ready to strike if it came in. But it merely said, “Look well—look your fill,” and went away. He was frightened, wondering whether this might be the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. After that, he never again stayed in the viewing pavilion on Ichijō.

Izvirnik

160 一条桟敷屋鬼事

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

今はむかし一条の桟敷屋に或男とまりて傾城とふしたりけるに夜中斗に風吹雨降てすさましかりけるに大路に諸行無常と

詠して過る物ありなに物ならんとおもひて蔀をすこしをしあけてみけれは長は軒とひとしくて馬の頭なる鬼なりけりおそろしさにしとみをかけておくのかたへいりたれは此鬼格子をしあけて顔をし入てよく御覧しつるなよく御覧しつるなと申けれは太刀を抜ていらは切んとかまへて女をはそはにをきて待けるによくよく御覧せよといひていにけり百鬼夜行にてあるやらんとおそろしかりけりそれより一条のさしき屋には又もとまらさりけるとなん