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The Yanagita Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale
goki ton [ten bowls, ten bowls]." This version seems older, but it is
not about a mother and child.
Gunma, Agatsuma-gun, Kuni-mura: J6mo III 7 19. A note. A mother
lost her child who was eleven years old. She turned into a bird and
cried, "Juichi, juichi [eleven, eleven]." Now that is the real name
of a bird.
283. The Unfilial Kite
Once upon a time there was a mother kite and her son. No matter
what the mother said, he would do the opposite. She thought she must
do something to reform him. When it was time for her to die, she
called her son to her and asked that he hold her funeral when it
rained. The son became very sad and decided that although he had
disobeyed his mother when she was alive, he would now do as she
wished. He held the service when it rained. Now when it rains, he
recalls his mother and he cries, "Piiyoro, piiyoro."
Shimane, Yatsuka-gun
There are also stories about a frog and a pigeon as well as the
kite. The mother asks to be buried in the sandbar of the river.
Fukushima, Iwaki-gun: Iwaki 88, 166, "The unfilial kite" (Oya fuk6 na
tonbi no hanashi).
Ishikawa: Ishikawa 980, "The unfilial pigeon" (Hato no fuk6).
Kashima-gun, Nanao: Dai-ni 9, "Tetepoppo." This is a story about a
wild pigeon.
Nagano: Chiisagta 178, "Honest once in his life" (Issho ichido shojiki).
A story about a father and son.
Chiba: Nanso 106, "The tree frog" (Amagaeru).
Shizuoka, Ogasa-gun: Shizuoka 377, "The kite" (Tobi).
Hamana-gun: Shizuoka 378, "The kite" (tobi).
Iwata-gun: Totomi 41. The corpse of the kite's mother was in the
sea and he could not get it. He cried, "Uminhiyo, uminhiyo [Sea,
dry up: sea, dry up]."
Kyoto, Kitakuwata-gun: Kuchitanba 94. No title.
Hyogo, Kinosaki-gun: Dai-ichi 66, "The filial kite" (Tobi 0 koko).
Shimane, Yatsuka-gun: MK II 1 33, "The unfilial kite" (Tobi fuko)
Example.
Oita, Hida-gun, Karita: K6sh6 11 32, "The unfilial child type of story"
(Konshi ifu kei no hanashi) by Miyatake Shoso; Bungo den 114,
"The girl who turned to stone" (Ishi ni natta musume). A legend
about a stone at Takata-machi. It might also be considered an
amanojaku tale.
Kumamoto, Tamana-gun: MK I 4 28, "The frog was unfilial" (Kaeru wa
oya fuk6 mono).