“San,” used after one’s name, is an honorific term used in more formal language and the one most used in accosting people. ↩
Ten o’clock. ↩
The 8th year of Bunsei was ↩
Hatamoto, the Shogun’s bodyguards; therefore, the most honoured amongst the samurai under the Shogunate regime. ↩
It is customary that the husband calls his wife’s name without any honorific term, whilst the wife addresses to him in a more honoured way. ↩
Sake, drink made from rice and the most common drink among the Japanese. ↩
Samisen or, often pronounced “shamisen,” is a musical instrument of three strings. It plays invariably a chief part in the music entertainment given by the geisha. ↩
Katobushi, a distinct musical product of “Edo civilization,” is one of those tunes which are played secondary to the chanted words often telling a dramatic episode or a tale complete in itself. ↩
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Short Fiction
is compiled from short stories published in 1915 by
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō.
They were translated from Japanese in 1927 by
Iwadō Z. Tamotsu.
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