Japanese Folk Tale

170 The Yanagita Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale
Gifu, Gunje-gun: MK II 6 27, "The mountain where old women were
abandoned" (Uba sute yama). A combination of types one and two.
Yamanashi, Nishiyatsushiro-gun: Kai 96, "Abandoning a parent" (Oya
sute dan). Type two.
Shizuoka, Tagata-gun, Dohi-mura: Kyodo ken III 4 51, "The legend at
Izu about abandoning parents" (Izu no kiro no densetsu). Parents
were abandoned when 62 years old. Type two.
Hyogo, Hikami-gun: TD X 7 52, "The mountain where old women were
abandoned" (Oya sute yama).
Shimane, Oki, Kuroki-mura: MK I 9 25, "Abandoning old people" (Rojin
suteru hanashi). Type one.
Okayama, Okayama City area: Dai-ni 79, "The wisdom of the old man"
(Re jin no chie). Type one; Okayama bun II 6 32, "The rope made
with ashes" (Hai de nawa 0 nau).
Hiroshima: Geibi 98, 115, "The mountain where parents were abandoned"
(Oya sute yama) and "What a pity! Will this help, will that
help?" (Kimye kinodoku deshioka keshioka); Aki 123, "The mountain
where old men were abandoned" (Jiji sute yama).
Kagawa, Mitoyo-gun, Shishijima: MK II 5 12, "Notes on collecting tales
on Shishijima, Mitoyo-gun" (Mitoyo-gun, Shishijima mukashibanashi
saishO) by Takeda Akira.
Nagasaki: (Old) Iki 110, "Abandoning old men" (Re jin 0 suteru hanashi,
betsu wa). A dutiful child could not abandon his father. It is like
the story in Chiisagata-gun, Nagano, about abandoning an old
woman.
Kumamoto, Amakusa: MK I 11 44, "The mountain where old women
were abandoned" (Uba sute yama). This is a combination of the two
types. A story on the next page is like type two. Kyodo ken V 3
4, "The legend in Izu about abandoning old people" (Izu no kiro
densetsu). Type two.
Kagoshima: Koshiki 106, "The mountain where parents were abandoned"
(Oya sute yama). A combination of the two types.
Kikaijima: Kikai 130, "The bride who became a rat" (Nezumi ni
natta yome). The mother who had been abandoned prayed to the
Mountain Deity. Anything she wanted came out when she struck
the ground. Her life became happy. The bride became a rat.
Okinawa: Nanto 116, "Burying old people alive" (Rojin 0 ikiume shita
hanashi). An old man buried alive at 61 was protected because he
could solve problems.
Further reference:
Chosen mintan shu 39, In Appendix No.5 a story from Zo hozokyo
is told which combines the two types.
Yamato monogatari, gee
[Fuji wara] Toshiyori mumyo shoo
Konjaku monogatari, maki 30, No.9.
Zoku Karin ryozai shu, jo 271.
Fuso kojiyo 304 (in Kobunko).
Kokuten sago, 2 kan, 9 no u.
Zodan shu 4. About the king of a great country long ago. The law
was that a parent reaching the age of 40 had to be buried alive. This