Onzoushijimawatari - Onzoushijimawatari

Japanese: 御曹子島渡 - おんぞうししまわたり

Otogi-zoshi. One of the Shibukawa editions. Author and date of creation unknown. Yoshitsune, the son of Hidehira Fujiwara of Oshu, heard that the Demon King had a book of military strategy called Dainichi no Ho in Kimi Castle on the Kuril Islands of Ezo, and immediately set sail from Tosa no Minato in Shikoku to the Imperial Palace of Kimi Castle. On the way, he passed through Osen Island, where horse people live, Hadaka Island, where only naked people live, Niyogo Island, where only women live, and Osako Island, where people as tall as fans live, before arriving at Ezo Island and going to the Imperial Palace to meet the Demon King.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

御伽草子。渋川版の一つ。作者，成立年不詳。奥州藤原秀衡（ひでひら）のもとにいた御曹子義経は，蝦夷（えぞ）の千島喜見城に鬼の大王が大日の法という兵法書を所持していると聞き，さっそく四国とさの湊から船出して喜見城の内裏へ向かう。途中，馬人（うまびと）の住む王せん島，裸の者ばかりの裸島，女ばかりが住む女護（にようご）の島，背丈が扇ほどの者が住む小さ子島などを経めぐった後，蝦夷が島に至り，内裏に赴いて大王に会う。

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