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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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146 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

such daily household duties as drawing water,<br />

making fire, cooking and washing. Yet 1 believe<br />

that, even within these limits, the diiTerences<br />

between <strong>Japanese</strong> child -literature and other child-<br />

literature will be found more interesting than the<br />

resemblances.<br />

I<br />

SONGS OF WEATHER AND SKY<br />

(Tokyo Sunset-song.)<br />

Yu-yake<br />

Ko-yake<br />

!<br />

! ! !<br />

Ashita wa tenki ni nare.<br />

Evening-burning !<br />

Little burning<br />

Weather, be fair to-morrow i !<br />

(Kite-flying song — Province <strong>of</strong> Iga.)<br />

Tengu San,<br />

Kaze okure<br />

Kaze ga nakera<br />

Zdni okure<br />

' This little song is still sung by the children In my neighborhood<br />

whenever a beautiful sunset occurs.

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