Japanese Folk Tale

Humorous Stories: Exaggerations 225
Iwate, Kamihei-gun: Roo 113, "The two gamblers" (Futari no bakuchi
uchi).
Niigata, Minamiuonuma-gun: MK I 10 39, "Domo to Komo; Minamikanbara
186, "Domo, Komo" (Domo to Komo).
Yamanashi, Nishiyatsushiro-gun: Zoku Kai 362, "Domo, Kemo" (Demo to
Komo).
Fukuoka, Chikujogun: Fukuoka 228, "Domo, Komo" (Domo to Komo).
Example.
220. Matching Boasts
When a man famous for boasting came to challenge another, he
was so surprised at the son's skill that he withdrew. This comes from
stories about matching tricks and matching strength. It may also be
considered as exaggeration.
Aomori, Hachinohe: MK II 11 26, "The boaster's child" (Horafuki no
ko).
Iwate Shiwa-gun: Shiwa 215, "Matching boasts" (Tempo kurabe).
Kamihei-gun: Kikimimi 4-98, "Boasts" (Tempo).
Esashi-gun: Kikimimi 116, "Eijikotaro." The baby of a famous
boaster in Japan was left in its basket to look after things alone.
He made such a big boast that the boaster who had come from
China to challenge his father gave up and went away. His mother
was so afraid of him that she set him adrift in a stream. He took
the Life Needle which was at his house and succeeded in life with
it.
Fukushima, Iwaki-gun: Iwaki 82, 162, "Matching boasts" (Tempo kurabe).
Akita, Kakunodate: Ugo 121. A note.
Niigata, Minamiuonuma-gun: MK I 10 39, "A boast" (Tempo katari).
Minamikanbara-gun: Kamuhara 77, "Comparing boasts" (Tempo
shiai).
Sado: Sado shu 178, "The liar" (Uso tsuki). At the end it turns into
"Yakushi in the straw bag."
Ishikawa: Kaga 116, "Matching boasts" (Tempo kurabe). Feudal lords of
Owari, Nanbu, and Kishu compare boasts.
Fukuoka, Miyako-gun: Fukuoka 123, 124-, "The two Kichigo" (Kichigo
futari) and "Kichigo" (Kichigo no hanashi). The first half of the
first tale is about the son's boast.
Kurate-gun: Fukuoka 85, "Blundering in a boast" (Taigen no shikujiri).
Perhaps it is borrowed from the story about the baby looking
after things alone because it is about a father and his child.
Asakura-gun: Fukuoka 113, "The impudent child" (Dai tan naru
kodomo). A fragment.
Nagasaki: Shimabara 285, "Ubachibukurin." This is like is like "Hakurakuten."
(Old) Iki 182, "Benkei, a famous man killer" (Benkei wa