Shirobamba: A Childhood in Old JapanThis is a work of modern Japanese literature by Yasushi Inoue, the recipient of every major Japanese literary award and candidate for the Nobel Prize. |
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Page 21
... village brats , and she felt if he carried a handkerchief or a few tissues it served as evidence of that difference . The children went from house to house in the village rounding up other classmates , then all gathered by the Bureau or ...
... village brats , and she felt if he carried a handkerchief or a few tissues it served as evidence of that difference . The children went from house to house in the village rounding up other classmates , then all gathered by the Bureau or ...
Page 105
... village . They stopped at every house and played for a long time wherever they were paid a lot of money . Each day when school was over the children scurried off to follow the shrine musicians on their village rounds . The children were ...
... village . They stopped at every house and played for a long time wherever they were paid a lot of money . Each day when school was over the children scurried off to follow the shrine musicians on their village rounds . The children were ...
Page 117
... village gossips began saying Sakiko was pregnant . In a normal year , after the elementary - school athletics meet was over , the shrine musicians had come and gone , and the village festival had ended , a long , boring time began in ...
... village gossips began saying Sakiko was pregnant . In a normal year , after the elementary - school athletics meet was over , the shrine musicians had come and gone , and the village festival had ended , a long , boring time began in ...
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Abe River adults asked azuki beans baby bath began bundles Bunta called chanting child Elder Sister Sakiko eyes face feel front go home Grandmother Tane Granny Onui hakama hamlet head Heibuchi Heiichi horses Ishimori Izu Peninsula jinricksha Kadonohara Kameo kimono knew Ko-cha Koichi konnyaku Kosaku and Mitsu Kosaku felt Kosaku heard Kosaku looked Kosaku replied Kosaku saw Kosaku thought luggage miso soup morning mother Motoi Nakagawa mouth Nagano Nanae night Numazu obi sash Ohito Okane-san Onui's Oshina paddyfield Pine Beach pipe play Ranko Reiko returned river road Roku-san round saku Sayoko scallions seat seemed Senda Shinden Shirobamba Shizuoka Shokichi Shosaku shouted side sonny soon spoke started station stay stood storehouse sweet talk teacher thing told took Toyohashi tree turned uncle Upper House upstairs village voice walked watched window woman Yasushi Inoue Yoshie Yugashima Yukio