Tale 12 — Otojii who told old tales
The old man Nitta Otozo of Yamaguchi, Tsuchibuchi village was the person who knew best the chronicles of the village manor, the rise and fall of its houses, and the legends of the mountain and the tales of those who dwelled there, but as he grew old and fell ill, few came to visit him to hear his stories.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Tsuchibuchi, Tono, Iwate
- Type
- Strange Fates
This is an English rendering of our short Japanese summary of the source tale — a summary translated from the Japanese, not a translation of the original text. The summary was drafted and translated with AI assistance, and names and numbers were checked against our records.