933 Braithwaite, George (1861-1931)
Life of Sogoro.1897.

LIFE OF SOGORO, THE FARMER PATRIOT OF SAKURA, TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY GEORGE BRAITHWAITE. WITH NINE ILLUSTRATIONS.
PRINTED BY THE YOKOHAMA BUNSHA. 1897.
[2], viii, 181 p., [9] leaves of plates. 20 cm.

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目  次
CONTENTS.
I.—The Hotta Family. 1
II.—Sozaemon Quarrels with a Potatoe seller. 4
III.—The Wonderful Monster of Imba Marsh. 14
IV.—A Wrestling Match. 22
V.—Takasu Fights a Duel with Jusaburo. 28
VI.—Sogoro Meets a Young Woman Among the Hills. 34
VII.—Kanazawa Travels Through the Villages Extorting Thank Offerings. 40
VIII.—Denzo Made Horse Inspector. 53
IX.—Denzo Steals Matsusuke's Horse, and has him Arrested. 60
X.—Denzo is Banished and Matsusuke Set Free. 71
XI.—Ikeura Recovers and goes to Yedo, where he Obtains Kozuke no Suke's Sanction to the Extra Taxes. 81
XII.—The Farmers are Driven to Extremities and Present a Petition to Ikeura. 89
XIII.—The Petition is Presented in Yedo and Refused. 102
XIV.—Sogoro Resolves to Lay Down His Life, and Takes Leave of His Wife and Children. 110
XV.—Sogoro Presents the Petition to the Shogun and is Condemned to Death. 123
XVI.—Sogoro and his Family are Put to Death. 137
XVII.—Kozuke no Suke Receives the Report of Sogoro's Execution. 144
XVIII.—Kanazawa and Ikeura both Commit Suicide. 151
XIX.—The Ghosts Begin Tormenting Kozuke no Suke after First Killing his Wife. 166
XX.—Kozuke no Suke Kills Iwami no Kami and is Deprived of his Castle and Lands. 176

注  記
表紙に<佐倉義民傳>。
遊び紙裏に Emma E. Dickinson. Christmas 1898. Yokohama.' および O Kaku San. O Hana San.' との書き込み。
裏遊び紙に<Rare Oriental Book Co. Aptos, California>との書店ラベル。
鶯亭金升『佐倉義民伝』(1877年刊)の英訳。


記載書誌
WENCKSTERN II, p. 109. TOYO BUNKO, p. 112, 198. BLUM I, 279. NIPPONALIA III, 108.