ＷＥＢ絵本『分別八十八』

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Once upon a time in a village of Oshu area, there lived six men with the same name.
Their name was "Eighty-eight".
昔むかし、奥州の或る村に、八十八という名前の男が6人住んでいました．

People would not be able to distingush them without nicknames.
Then, one was called Eighty-eight the outlaw because he was wild;
Another one was called Eighty-eight the gambler because he liked gambling;
Another one was called Eighty-eight the sharecropper because he sharecropped a rice field;
Another one was called Eighty-eight the rice dealer because he dealt in rice;
Another one was called Eighty-eight the thief because he often stole;
The last one called Eighty-eight the wise man because he was wise.
So, people didn't mistake one for another.
あだ名が無くては誰が誰だか良く分かりません．
そこで一人は気が荒いから外道八十八、
一人はバクチが好きで博打八十八、
一人は田を作っているから百姓八十八、
一人は米の商いをする故に米屋八十八、
また一人は盗みをするので盗人八十八、
今一人の八十八は知恵があるところから、人が分別八十八という名を付けて間違わぬようにしていました．

One day, Eighty-eight the outlaw quarreled with Eighty-eight the gambler.
ところが或る日、外道八十八は、博打八十八と喧嘩をして・・・

He hit him again and again.
・・・うんと打ったら・・・

It ended with the death of Eighty-eight the gambler.
He did not intend to kill him.
So, he was surprised and perplexed at his death.
・・・博打八十八が死んでしまいました．
殺す気は無かったのでビックリして困って・・・

He visited Eighty-eight the wise man to ask his advice.
・・・分別八十八の所へ相談に来ました．

Then, he advised him to move his dead body to the water gate of the rice field of Eighty-eight the sharecropper.
And further, he advised him to make his dead body sit on the path of his rice field stealthily.
それでは、その死骸を百姓八十八の田の水口に持って行って、そっと田の畔に、しゃがませて置いて見よと教えてくれました．