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幻術Magic
Genjutsu
by 田中 貢太郎 · Tanaka Kōtarō
Condemned criminals perform a magic trick to escape execution!
About this story
In the Edo period, two suspected Christians perform a mysterious magic trick before their execution.
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Source
This text comes from Aozora Bunko (青空文庫), the volunteer-run library of Japanese writing that is out of copyright. See this work on Aozora Bunko
Base edition (底本): 「日本の怪談(二)」河出文庫、河出書房新社
1986(昭和61)年12月4日初版発行
Typed in by Hiroshi_O. Proofread by 小林繁雄、門田裕志.
Yomimaru changed the spelling to modern kana and modern kanji, and replaced classical grammar with its modern form.
The furigana are Yomimaru's.
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