第 十 章 · Rokuro-Kubi

[1] The period of Eikyō lasted from 1429 to 1441.

[2] The upper robe of a Buddhist priest is thus called.

(1) Present-day Yamanashi Prefecture.

(2) A term for itinerant priests.

[3] A sort of little fireplace, contrived in the floor of a room, is

thus described. The _ro_ is usually a square shallow cavity, lined

with metal and half-filled with ashes, in which charcoal is lighted.

(3) Direct translation of “suzumushi,” a kind of cricket with a

distinctive chirp like a tiny bell, whence the name.

(4) Now a rokuro-kubi is ordinarily conceived as a goblin whose neck

stretches out to great lengths, but which nevertheless always remains

attached to its body.

(5) A Chinese collection of stories on the supernatural.

[4] A present made to friends or to the household on returning from a

journey is thus called. Ordinarily, of course, the _miyagé_ consists

of something produced in the locality to which the journey has been

made: this is the point of Kwairyō’s jest.

(6) Present-day Nagano Prefecture.