The ghost of Shuzuka

It is a story about the time when the area around the Kashio River was still a large wetland.
From Moto Shiroyama in the village of Shimonagaya, there was a rumor that a painful, sad, and smooth voice could be heard at night.
"I'm going to come back to Shiroyama. Do you know?"
A boy who was playing in the shrine grounds began to talk.
"I hear a sad voice every day, every day, even the pee of the village."
"I know, I know. He sees something moving in the mountains, and then heats up, and he's a cat.'
Said the little girl, who was listening to the story of the boys, with a cried face.
"That voice was just saying that somebody had mistakenly heard the owl's voice."
The children in the village, when the sun fell in the west, they fled home.
He kept the door of the house, and his ears were heard in the light house, and indeed, in fact, he was waiting for everyone to come back.
The rumours did not stop forever, and the villagers were wondering what to do.
Just at that time, I had a memorial serviceman who passed through this village memorialize Shuzuka. But I still hear my voice.
So, I imitated a famous spiritual person from Edo and had a memorial service. Then, it means that the voice is gone.
During the Warring States period, this mountain was a bird of Ujinao Hojo. In the mountain, the Hira Togawa and Nagatani rivers were double moats, and were surrounded by large wetlands. A lot of people fought in this squirrel.
Mr. Hojo cut off and showed many enemies. And after that he gathered his head and buried it in the mound. The sad and painful memories of those who were killed at that time may have been conveyed to the villagers as such a story.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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