[Reading] Shugoro Yamamoto's "The General's Head" Read by Yoshimi Abe

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I read this from Shincho Bunko's "Ninjyo Bushido". First published in "King", August 1940 (Showa 15). Rokurobei, a ronin, is an expert swordsman, but is unable to find employment and lives a hard life. One night, he is attacked by Sato Kazukei, who is also a ronin and struggling to find employment, but after hearing his story, he sympathizes with him and takes him home. Soon, Rokurobei, wanting to reassure his wife, lies to her that he found employment and begins working as an ashigaru (foot soldier). [Main characters] Iketo Rokurobei: A ronin. He lies to his wife that he found employment and begins working as an ashigaru (foot soldier). Fumie: Rokurobei's wife. Uemura Yabei: Head of the Okazaki domain's foot soldiers. He cares for Rokurobei. Sato Kazukei: A ronin. He is poor and attacks Rokurobei. Sagiyama Denzo: A fellow foot soldier of Rokurobei. Oyokota Shuzen... swordsmanship instructor for the Okazaki Domain. Oyokota Uneme... Shuzen's younger brother. Oyokota Michinosuke... Shuzen's younger brother [Table of Contents] 00:00 Part 1 06:34 Part 1 2 14:28 Part 1 3 22:00 Part 2 28:44 Part 2 36:51 Part 3 43:37 Part 3 2 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 Yamamoto Shugoro Shoten in Kobikicho, Tokyo. In 1926, his work "Sumadera Fukinai" was published in Bungeishunju, becoming his literary breakthrough. Although "Nihonfudoki" was recommended for the Naoki Prize in the first half of 1943, he refused the award. Since then, he has been known for his popular novels such as "Yanagibashi Monogatari", "Sleepy 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 Slope", 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 writing many masterpieces in his later years. I am Abe Yoshimi, a voice trainer and reciter. I will be posting mainly historical novels here, so please take a look. ♥I would be very happy if you could subscribe to my channel (^｡^) ●On stand.fm, I have a channel called "Ichinosuke Recitation's Attic" where I do free talks about voice training and pronunciation training, short recitations, and live broadcasts. Thank you for your support → 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.) ●Blog "Right Now, Here" https://ameblo.jp/tsuyoshi7227/ #Reading #Yamamoto Shugoro #Great Literary Masters #Short Stories #Novels #Historical Novels

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