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Come, sit down by the fire, and listen to the grandparents tell stories about how it was in the old days in a small lakeside town just north of Tokyo. Midwives and pawnbrokers, fishermen and thatchers spin tales of a different world--one that was still very much a part of Japans ancient feudal history. The elderly people interviewed during the 1970s by Dr. Junichi Saga were mostly born in the late 1890s or early part of the 20th century; through the memories passed to them by their parents, the narrative stretches back into Japans Meiji period in the 1860s.The vignettes are organized by topics (boatmen and fishing, crafts, etc.) and give a vivid sense of what life was like for ordinary people in rural Japan. The narratives are greatly enhanced by watercolors and pen-and-ink drawings created by the authors father, Dr. Susumu Saga--and my one criticism is that the illustrations should be larger (though I suspect that reflects a sort of modesty that both the father and son must share).Many of the memories are filtered through time and have the soft glow of a Japanese woodcut, even the hard things are recalled with a certain realism and even pride. And then, here and there, are memories that come at you like a gut punch. To give you a bit of a feel, Ill share some quotes, along with illustrations. Alas, I could not find Dr. Sagas paintings online--for that youll have to read the book, and I hope that you will.The Carter, Mr. Tamotsu Kimura: They used to say a carter is eaten out of house and home by his horse...But I suppose the reason I never packed it in was that I was too fond of my horses. I remember one evening I got very drunk on shochu and fell asleep splayed out in the back of the cart. The horse managed to find its way home and outside the house it neighed to let everyone know it was back. Upper Class Women, Mr. Fukasaburo Takagi: It was also the custom that...an okusan shouldnt go outdoors in the daytime. And when she did have to go out maybe on business or to visit a friend, she always went by rickshaw...as the rickshaw passed through town, people would watch it going by and call to each other, Quick, come and look; its the lady from such and such house. It was as if they were looking at someone from a different world.The Fudo Terrace, Mr.Ryutaro Terauchi: The people living in the terrace were all terribly poor....Because everyone was so hard up around here, thinning out the newborn was quite widely practiced. The number of children killed just depended, Im told, on how strict the local policeman was.A Fishermans Wife, Mrs. Yasu Nemoto: I married a fisherman when I was twenty-five...life for the wives wasnt ever sweet and easy: I was up not long after midnight, I was out on the boats til mid afternoon, then, I had to cook and clean the house--and there were the paddy fields to be tended too. The only chance I ever had to do any laundry was at ten or eleven at night, and Id end up hanging it out to dry by moonlight.The Water Nomad, Mr. Susumu Fujii: Fishermen seemed almost to belong to a different race from townspeople. We all had powerful muscles, huge hands and feet, and dark, weather-beaten faces. Fishing folk hardly ever got sick. Even in winter I never wore more than a pair of thin cotton shorts. And we never wore shoes, either. It was only after the war that country people started wearing shoes.I reckon its why theyre so feeble.A Spending Spree, Mr. Masujiro Tsukuda: The girls had a hard life. They had to find a customer every night or they got into trouble. If no one had come along asking for her by nine oclock, the girl would have to hang around in the street trying to persuade passersby to come inside. She was expected to stand out there til midnight or even later. You can imagine how nasty it was in the winter; the girls had to wait outside dressed only in thin kimono--they got frozen to the marrow.Two Geisha: We knew the young pilots would fly to Chiran in Kyushu before going on their suicide missions...Each of them was allowed to spend his last night here with a geisha. A lot of the girls were young too at the time, and just for a night they became young wives, to comfort them...in no way could you say those young men came to enjoy themselves. They all looked desperate. Content rating: strong PG warning for mature themes as indicated in the review above. It doesnt get any more graphic than this except for one really horrific event described by the midwife and some details about beheadings discussed by the executioner. Both chapters are clearly marked in the chapter title so they can be skipped. Otherwise, no sexual descriptions or strong language, some drunkenness and violence.
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