Shunkan Sozu shimamonogatari
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This is a fictionalized account by Takizawa Bakin of Shunkan, a famous monk who plotted against the powerful Taira family. The conspiracy was eventually uncovered, and he was permanently exiled to the island of Kikaigashima.

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Shunkan Sozu shimamonogatari
[Story of Monk Shunkan on the Island]. Tokyo; Edo: Bunkeido, 1808.
From the William Elliot Griffis Collection.
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