Discussions on Torment

責の話 (Japanese), Seme no Hanashi

Cover (1929)

Author

Seiu Ito

Publisher and Editor

Onko Shoya (1929)

Suikodo (1952)

Publication Dates

1929, 1952

History

Cover (1952)

Chapters

Preface

The purpose of writing torment research

The difference between “seme” and “gomon"

Varieties of Torment

Illusory Writings

• Peculiar misemono woman
• Binding and beating women in Shimada and Tojinmage hairstyles

Factual writings

• The true form of misemono
• One side of Meiji cultural history
• The structure of misemono
• Varieties of acting(?)
• The unearthliness of Hebitani
• Snake noren curtain
• Old fashions, Kitana dishes
• Yokai dishes(?)
• Worm soba
• Grub sushi
• Human entrails
• Final performance
• An experimental account of snow torment
• Mistaken for a lunatic
• Another experimental account of snow torment

People who enjoy scenes of torment

• An actor’s colloquy
• The tale of a pottery painter
• The tale of a sign painter
• Someone’s letter
• A troubled man with a troublesome man
• Ryusenjicho tragedy
• The tale of a naniwabushi recital
• What a miner’s wife saw at the mine

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Interesting Points

1929 edition is bound with cloth cords.