Tale 9 — A voice calls from the bottom of the valley at Oyachi
Kikuchi Yanosuke, a master of the flute, was crossing Sakaige Pass with his companions, and as he played his flute passing above Oyachi, someone called out in a high voice from the bottom of the deep valley, "How interesting!" The whole party turned pale and ran away.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Sakaige Pass, on the Tono–Kamaishi border, Iwate
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