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Cleverness at Work 187<br />

"The priest falling into the privy" (Osh6 benjo ni ochita); 136, j:<br />

"The novice stealing and eating" (Koz6 nusumi guO.<br />

Nagasaki: Shimabara 194, h: "One to one sho" Otto issh6); 202, c:<br />

"Calling the beech tree his bride" (Buna 0 yome ni suru hanashi);<br />

and 198, b: "The sweet wine is Nembutsu" (Amazake wa Nembutsu<br />

sarna).<br />

Further reference:<br />

Look for names such as Eikan, Gettan, and Fufu, type d. Such<br />

names are certainly adapted to fit the locality according to the narrator's<br />

plan.<br />

Ujishui monogatari, No. 12. (In Nihon zuihitsu taikei, Vol. XVI)<br />

Nihon dowa shu 199. No place names.<br />

Ikkyu banashi also has these. Seisuisho also has many. See Vol. III<br />

115.<br />

Shasekishu IV 18 0: Three children with different mothers. The<br />

priest has many children. VII 34 u: Honey is poison.<br />

Nakata Senpo, Tojin zasso. A story of renaming novices. All have<br />

difficult Chinese characters.<br />

Nakata Senpo. About the priest and his novice.<br />

Chosen mintan shu 194, "Poisonous dried persimmons." It is said to<br />

be a story found all over the country.<br />

Zodan shu 2, at the end. (Kagen 2nd year, 1305.) A novice was<br />

told that trout was a razor. When he was crossing the river, he said,<br />

"See the razor. Don't make a mistake and cut your feet." Before that<br />

there is a story about a chicken, the father of the eggplant.

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