No. 35 — Okichi and Otama
The stepmother disliked Okichi, the daughter of the first wife, and tried to kill her with a poisoned bun and with a blade aimed at her as she slept, but her younger sister Otama's quick wit let her escape the danger. The stepmother fell ill, and hearing that the raw liver of a nineteen-year-old girl would cure her, had Okichi taken into the mountains to be killed, but a white dog died in her place, and Okichi received an ubakawa from an old woman and disguised herself with it to survive. Later Otama saw through the disguise and they were reunited, and when the stepmother's wrongdoing came to light, the family was reconciled under the father who had returned home.
- Land
- Shiwa District
- Beings
- white dog
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