Japanese Folk Tale

4-6 The Yanagita Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale
Yamaguchi: Suo Oshima 18, "Komebuku, Awabuku."
Nagasaki, Kitatakaku-gun: MK II 10 4-2, "Ofu and Hagesen" (Ofu to
Hagesen).
Ikinoshima: Dai-ichi 82, "Chiyogoko."
Kagoshima: MK I 6 29, "Abusing the stepchild" No.2 (Mamako ijime).
Further reference:
Nihon mukashibanashi shu, ge 60, "Bajji and Konguji." Helped by a
Korean bird.
Huet 14-l.
Tabi to densetsu IV 6 8. An application of Freud.
35. Benizara, Kakezara
See previous entry, "Komebuku, Nukabuku."
Iwate, Hienuki-gun: MK I 6 33, "Nukabukuro, Benizara." These are the
names of the two sisters.
Tokyo, Kitatama-gun: MK II 1 4-7, "Benizara, Kakezara."
Shizuoka, Hamamatsu: Shizuoka 4-11, "Benizara, Kakezara."
Ogasa-gun: Shizuoka 4-04-, "The stepmother and her stepchild"
(Mamahaha to mamako no hanashi).
Wakayama: Kii 8 [missing page in the book].
Further reference:
Nihon mukashibanashi shu, ge 60.
Minakata zuihitsu 60-80.
Yuyo zasso zoku shu.
Nihon dowa shu 134-. The girl wearing a bowl.
Yearsley 213. A Magarashii tale.
36. Sara-Sara Yama
Once upon a time there were two sisters, the older a child by a
former wife. The mother sent them to fetch water while their father
was away. She gave the younger girl a good dipper so she could dip
water quickly, but the older girl's dipper was broken and she could not
get any water. A feudal lord's procession passed by and the feudal
lord took a fancy to the older girl. He wanted to take her with him to
his castle. The girl requested that he ask her mother, so one of his
men went to the mother's house. The mother said the younger one was
nicer and begged them to take her instead. The man returned to the
feudal lord with this message. The feudal lord decided to compare
their intelligence to choose. He told the woman to prepare a tray with
some salt, a dish, and a sprig of pine. She was to put the dish on the