Storytelling in Xuxiang
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About This Novel
A public display of the owl's head caused a sensation, because the person who was executed was the evil villain Inarizaka Chiemon, and this was the third execution. Jieemon was beheaded twice, fifteen years ago and ten years ago, but he was resurrected and continued to do evil, and was said to be immortal. This time, he is resurrected again! Scholar Momosuke is invited to find a way to kill him, and meets again the trickster Mataichi, the charming geisha Gin and the sophisticated disguiser Jihei. Momosuke discovers that these three people have a deep connection with Jiemon, and the clues to solve the puzzle actually point to a monster called Kitsune. "The Story of a Hundred Monogatari" is the second volume of Kyogoku Natsuhiko's classic "Hyakumonogatari Series". The text is elegant, tactful, delicate and enchanting. It seems to be about monsters and gods, but in fact it is about ghosts and ghosts. Other works in the series include "Hundred Monogatari in the Alley" and "Hundred Monogatari in the Back Alley". The third work in the series, "Hundred Monogatari in the Back Alley" won the Naoki Prize, Japan's Popular Literature Award.
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