I read from Shincho Bunko's "Living Genpachi". First published in King, December 1932 (Showa 7) Magurosuke is the son of a farmer in a remote village, but is skilled in swordsmanship. Saburi Ijuro, a retainer of Ikeda Mitsumasa, happens to be passing by, and is astonished when he sees Magurosuke's skill, exclaiming, "He can do it!" [Main characters] Saihonji Magurosuke: A farmer living in Nishishinji village. Devoted to swordsmanship. Saburi Ijuro: A retainer of Ikeda Mitsumasa of the Tottori domain. Sawahira: Magurosuke's father. Rokusuke: Magurosuke's older brother. Otami: Daughter of Chozaemon of Furuichi village. Magurosuke's fiancé. Chozaemon: A farmer of Furumori village. Yoshiwara Futosai: An old swordsman who Magurosuke becomes an apprentice to. Segawa Yura, Kokubu Ribei, Toda Ichirota: Ijuro's students. Okada Jingobei: A samurai of the Tottori domain. Referee for the match in the castle. Ikeda Mitsumasa --- Lord of Tottori domain. Shunashi Heima, Kobayashi Yatota, Kuwajima Yasohachi, Hirabayashi Sosuke: Samurai who compete against Magurosuke in the match. [Contents] 00:00 1. 05:30 2. 13:22 3. 21:07 4. 27:49 5. 36:02 6. 43:46 7. 48:21 8. Yamamoto Shugoro (June 22, 1903 - February 14, 1967) was a Japanese novelist. His real name was Shimizu Satomu. He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture. After graduating from Nishimae Elementary School in Yokohama, he lived as an apprentice at the Yamamoto Shugoro Shoten in Kobikicho, Tokyo. In 1926, "Sumadera Fukyo" was published in "Bungei Shunju" and became his literary breakthrough. "Nihon Fudoki" was nominated for the Naoki Prize in the first half of 1943, but he firmly declined the award. Since then, he has been known for his popular novels such as "Yanagibashi Monogatari", "Sleepy Police Chief", "Eiga Monogatari", "The Fir Tree Remains", "Red Beard Clinic Story", "Five-petal Camellia", "Aobeka Monogatari", "Void Travels", "A Town Without Seasons", "Sabu", and "Long Hill", which depict the suffering of samurai and the sadness of ordinary people from the perspective of ordinary people, and historical novels. He was especially highly praised for the many masterpieces he wrote in his later years. I am Yoshimi Abe, a voice trainer and reciter. I will be posting mainly historical novels here, so please look forward to them. ♥I would be very happy if you could subscribe to my channel (^｡^) ●On stand.fm, I have a channel called "Ichinosuke's Reading in the Attic," where I do free talks about vocal training and pronunciation practice, short readings, and live broadcasts. Thank you → https://stand.fm/channels/60919d7526f... ●Twitter / abe_yoshimi_2 ●Facebook / yoshimi.abe.96 (When sending a friend request on Facebook, please comment that you are a viewer of the channel.) #Reading #Shugoro Yamamoto #Great Literary Masters #Short Stories #Novels #Historical Novels