Long ago there lived an old bamboo-cutter by the name of Sanugi no Miyakko. One day, while he was busy with his hatchet1 in a grove2 of bamboos, he suddenly perceived a miraculous3 light, and on closer inspection4 discovered in the heart of a reed a very small creature of exquisite5 beauty. He gently picked up the tiny girl, only about four inches in height, and carried her home to his wife. So delicate was this little maiden6 that she had to be reared in a basket.
Now it happened that the Bamboo-cutter continued to set about his business, and night and day, as he cut down the reeds, he found gold, and, once poor, he now amassed7 a considerable fortune.
The child, after she had been but three months with these simple country folk, suddenly grew in stature8 to that of a full-grown maid; and in order that she should be in keeping with such a pleasing, if surprising, event, her hair, hitherto allowed to flow in long tresses about her shoulders, was now fastened in a knot on her head. In due season the Bamboo-cutter named the girl the Lady Kaguya, or "Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn." When she had been named a great feast was held, in which all the neighbours participated.
The Wooing of the "Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn"
"When a woman is somewhat fairer than the crowd of women how greatly do men long to gaze upon her beauty!"—Taketori.
Now the Lady Kaguya was of all women the most beautiful, and immediately after the feast the fame of[Pg 66] her beauty spread throughout the land. Would-be lovers gathered around the fence and lingered in the porch with the hope of at least getting a glimpse of this lovely maiden. Night and day these forlorn suitors waited, but in vain. Those who were of humble10 origin gradually began to recognise that their love-making was useless. But five wealthy suitors still persisted, and would not relax their efforts. They were Prince Ishizukuri and Prince Kuramochi, the Sadaijin Dainagon Abe no Miushi, the Chiunagon Otomo no Miyuki, and Morotada, the Lord of Iso. These ardent11 lovers bore "the ice and snow of winter and the thunderous heats of midsummer with equal fortitude12." When these lords finally asked the Bamboo-cutter to bestow13 his daughter upon one of them, the old man politely explained that the maiden was not really his daughter, and as that was so she could not be compelled to obey his own wishes in the matter.
At last the lords returned to their mansions14, but still continued to make their supplications more persistently16 than ever. Even the kindly17 Bamboo-cutter began to remonstrate18 with the Lady Kaguya, and to point out that it was becoming for so handsome a maid to marry, and that among the five noble suitors she could surely make a very good match. To this the wise Kaguya replied: "Not so fair am I that I may be certain of a man's faith, and were I to mate with one whose heart proved fickle19 what a miserable20 fate were mine! Noble lords, without doubt, are these of whom thou speakest, but I would not wed9 a man whose heart should be all untried and unknown."
It was finally arranged that Kaguya should marry the suitor who proved himself the most worthy21. This news brought momentary22 hope to the five great lords, and when night came they assembled before the[Pg 67] house where the maiden dwelt "with flute23 music and with singing, with chanting to accompaniments and piping, with cadenced24 tap and clap of fan." Only the Bamboo-cutter went out to thank the lords for their serenading. When he had come into the house again, Kaguya thus set forth25 her plan to test the suitors:
"In Tenjiku (Northern India) is a beggar's bowl of stone, which of old the Buddha26 himself bore, in quest whereof let Prince Ishizukuri depart and bring me the same. And on the mountain Horai, that towers over the Eastern ocean, grows a tree with roots of silver and trunk of gold and fruitage of pure white jade27, and I bid Prince Kuramochi fare thither28 and break off and bring me a branch thereof. Again, in the land of Morokoshi men fashion fur-robes of the pelt29 of the Flame-proof Rat, and I pray the Dainagon to find me one such. Then of the Chiunagon I require the rainbow-hued jewel that hides its sparkle deep in the dragon's head; and from the hands of the Lord Iso would I fain receive the cowry-shell that the swallow brings hither over the broad sea-plain."
The Begging-bowl of the Lord Buddha
The Prince Ishizukuri, after pondering over the matter of going to distant Tenjiku in search of the Lord Buddha's begging-bowl, came to the conclusion that such a proceeding30 would be futile31. He decided32, therefore, to counterfeit33 the bowl in question. He laid his plans cunningly, and took good care that the Lady Kaguya was informed that he had actually undertaken the journey. As a matter of fact this artful suitor hid in Yamato for three years, and after that time discovered in a hill-monastery in Tochi a bowl of extreme age[Pg 68] resting upon an altar of Binzuru (the Succourer in Sickness). This bowl he took away with him, and wrapped it in brocade, and attached to the gift an artificial branch of blossom.
When the Lady Kaguya looked upon the bowl she found inside a scroll34 containing the following:
"Over seas, over hills
hath thy servant fared, and weary
and wayworn he perisheth:
O what tears hath cost this bowl of
stone,
what floods of streaming tears!"
But when the Lady Kaguya perceived that no light shone from the vessel35 she at once knew that it had never belonged to the Lord Buddha. She accordingly sent back the bowl with the following verse:
"Of the hanging dewdrop
not even the passing sheen
dwells herein:
On the Hill of Darkness, the Hill
of Ogura,
what couldest thou hope to find?"
The Prince, having thrown away the bowl, sought to turn the above remonstrance36 into a compliment to the lady who wrote it.
"Nay37, on the Hill of Brightness
what splendour
will not pale?
Would that away from the light
of thy beauty
the sheen of yonder Bowl might
prove me true!"
It was a prettily38 turned compliment by a suitor who was an utter humbug39. This latest poetical40 sally availed nothing, and the Prince sadly departed.
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The Jewel-bearing Branch of Mount Horai
Prince Kuramochi, like his predecessor41, was equally wily, and made it generally known that he was setting out on a journey to the land of Tsukushi in quest of the Jewel-bearing Branch. What he actually did was to employ six men of the Uchimaro family, celebrated42 craftsmen43, and secure for them a dwelling44 hidden from the haunts of men, where he himself abode45, for the purpose of instructing the craftsmen as to how they were to make a Jewel-bearing Branch identical with the one described by the Lady Kaguya.
When the Jewel-bearing Branch was finished, he set out to wait upon the Lady Kaguya, who read the following verse attached to the gift:
"Though it were at the peril46
of my very life,
without the Jewel-laden47 Branch
in my hands never again
would I have dared to return!"
The Lady Kaguya looked sadly upon this glittering branch, and listened without interest to the Prince's purely48 imaginative story of his adventures. The Prince dwelt upon the terrors of the sea, of strange monsters, of acute hunger, of disease, which were their trials upon the ocean. Then this incorrigible49 story-teller went on to describe how they came to a high mountain rising out of the sea, where they were greeted by a woman bearing a silver vessel which she filled with water. On the mountain were wonderful flowers and trees, and a stream "rainbow-hued, yellow as gold, white as silver, blue as precious ruri (lapis lazuli); and the stream was spanned by bridges built up of divers50 gems51, and by it grew trees laden with dazzling jewels, and from one of[Pg 70] these I broke off the branch which I venture now to offer to the Lady Kaguya."
No doubt the Lady Kaguya would have been forced to believe this ingenious tale had not at that very moment the six craftsmen appeared on the scene, and by loudly demanding payment for the ready-made Jewel-Branch, exposed the treachery of the Prince, who made a hasty retreat. The Lady Kaguya herself rewarded the craftsmen, happy, no doubt, to escape so easily.
The Flameproof Fur-Robe
The Sadaijin (Left Great Minister) Abe no Miushi commissioned a merchant, by the name of Wokei, to obtain for him a fur-robe made from the Flame-proof Rat, and when the merchant's ship had returned from the land of Morokoshi it bore a fur-robe, which the sanguine52 Sadaijin imagined to be the very object of his desire. The Fur-Robe rested in a casket, and the Sadaijin, believing in the honesty of the merchant, described it as being "of a sea-green colour, the hairs tipped with shining gold, a treasure indeed of incomparable loveliness, more to be admired for its pure excellence53 than even for its virtue54 in resisting the flame of fire."
The Sadaijin, assured of success in his wooing, gaily55 set out to present his gift to the Lady Kaguya, offering in addition the following verse:
"Endless are the fires of love
that consume me, yet unconsumed
is the Robe of Fur:
dry at last are my sleeves,
for shall I not see her face this day!"
At last the Sadaijin was able to present his gift to the Lady Kaguya. Thus she addressed the Bamboo-cutter,[Pg 71] who always seems to have been conveniently on the scene at such times: "If this Robe be thrown amid the flames and be not burnt up, I shall know it is in very truth the Flame-proof Robe, and may no longer refuse this lord's suit." A fire was lighted, and the Robe thrown into the flames, where it perished immediately. "When the Sadaijin saw this his face grew green as grass, and he stood there astonished." But the Lady Kaguya discreetly56 rejoiced, and returned the casket with the following verse:
"Without a vestige57 even left
thus to burn utterly58 away,
had I dreamt it of this Robe of Fur.
Alas59 the pretty thing! far otherwise
would I have dealt with it."
The Jewel in the Dragon's Head
The Chiunagon Otomo no Miyuki assembled his household and informed his retainers that he desired them to bring him the Jewel in the Dragon's head.
After some demur60 they pretended to set off on this quest. In the meantime the Chiunagon was so sure of his servants' success that he had his house lavishly61 adorned62 throughout with exquisite lacquer-work, in gold and silver. Every room was hung with brocade, the panels rich with pictures, and over the roof were silken cloths.
Weary of waiting, the Chiunagon after a time journeyed to Naniwa and questioned the inhabitants if any of his servants had taken boat in quest of the Dragon. The Chiunagon learnt that none of his men had come to Naniwa, and, considerably63 displeased64 at the news, he himself embarked65 with a helmsman.
Now it happened that the Thunder God was angry and the sea ran high. After many days the storm[Pg 72] grew so severe and the boat was so near sinking that the helmsman ventured to remark: "The howling of the wind and the raging of the waves and the mighty66 roar of the thunder are signs of the wrath67 of the God whom my lord offends, who would slay68 the Dragon of the deep, for through the Dragon is the storm raised, and well it were if my lord offered a prayer."
As the Chiunagon had been seized with "a terrible sickness," it is not surprising to find that he readily took the helmsman's advice. He prayed no less than a thousand times, enlarging on his folly69 in attempting to slay the Dragon, and solemnly vowed70 that he would leave the Ruler of the deep in peace.
The thunder ceased and the clouds dispersed71, but the wind was as fierce and strong as ever. The helmsman, however, told his master that it was a fair wind and blew towards their own land.
At last they reached the strand72 of Akashi, in Harima. But the Chiunagon, still ill and mightily73 frightened, vowed that they had been driven upon a savage74 shore, and lay full length in the boat, panting heavily, and refusing to rise when the governor of the district presented himself.
When the Chiunagon at last realised that they had not been blown upon some savage shore he consented to land. No wonder the governor smiled when he saw "the wretched appearance of the discomfited75 lord, chilled to the very bone, with swollen76 belly77 and eyes lustreless78 as sloes."
At length the Chiunagon was carried in a litter to his own home. When he had arrived his cunning servants humbly79 told their master how they had failed in the quest. Thus the Chiunagon greeted them: "Ye have done well to return empty-handed. Yonder Dragon,[Pg 73] assuredly, has kinship with the Thunder God, and whoever shall lay hands on him to take the jewel that gleams in his head shall find himself in peril. Myself am sore spent with toil80 and hardship, and no guerdon have I won. A thief of men's souls and a destroyer of their bodies is the Lady Kaguya, nor ever will I seek her abode again, nor ever bend ye your steps thitherward."
We are told, in conclusion, that when the women of his household heard of their lord's adventure "they laughed till their sides were sore, while the silken cloths he had caused to be drawn81 over the roof of his mansion15 were carried away, thread by thread, by the crows to line their nests with."
The Royal Hunt[1]
Now the fame of the Lady Kaguya's beauty reached the court, and the Mikado, anxious to gaze upon her, sent one of his palace ladies, Fusago, to go and see the Bamboo-cutter's daughter, and to report to his Majesty82 of her excellences83.
However, when Fusago reached the Bamboo-cutter's house the Lady Kaguya refused to see her. So the palace lady returned to court and reported the matter to the Mikado. His Majesty, not a little displeased, sent for the Bamboo-cutter, and made him bring the Lady Kaguya to court that he might see her, adding: "A hat of nobility, perchance, shall be her father's reward."
The old Bamboo-cutter was an admirable soul, and mildly discountenanced his daughter's extraordinary behaviour. Although he loved court favours and[Pg 74] probably hankered after so distinguished84 a hat, it must be said of him that he was first of all true to his duty as a father.
When, on returning to his home, he discussed the matter with the Lady Kaguya, she informed the old man that if she were compelled to go to court it would certainly cause her death, adding: "The price of my father's hat of nobility will be the destruction of his child."
The Bamboo-cutter was deeply affected85 by these words, and once more set out on a journey to the court, where he humbly made known his daughter's decision.
The Mikado, not to be denied even by an extraordinarily86 beautiful woman, hit on the ingenious plan of ordering a Royal Hunt, so arranged that he might unexpectedly arrive at the Bamboo-cutter's dwelling, and perchance see the lady who could set at defiance87 the desires of an emperor.
On the day appointed for the Royal Hunt, therefore, the Mikado entered the Bamboo-cutter's house. He had no sooner done so than he was surprised to see in the room in which he stood a wonderful light, and in the light none other than the Lady Kaguya.
His Majesty advanced and touched the maiden's sleeve, whereupon she hid her face, but not before the Mikado had caught a glimpse of her beauty. Amazed by her extreme loveliness, and taking no notice of her protests, he ordered a palace litter to be brought; but on its arrival the Lady Kaguya suddenly vanished. The Emperor, perceiving that he was dealing88 with no mortal maid, exclaimed: "It shall be as thou desirest, maiden; but 'tis prayed that thou resume thy form, that once more thy beauty may be seen."
So the Lady Kaguya resumed her fair form again[Pg 75]. As his Majesty was about to be borne away he composed the following verse:
"Mournful the return
of the Royal Hunt,
and full of sorrow the brooding
heart;
for she resists and stays behind,
the Lady Kaguya!"
The Lady Kaguya thus made answer:
"Under the roof o'ergrown with
hopbine
long were the years
she passed.
How may she dare to look upon
The Palace of Precious Jade?"
The Celestial89 Robe of Feathers
In the third year after the Royal Hunt, and in the spring-time, the Lady Kaguya continually gazed at the moon. On the seventh month, when the moon was full, the Lady Kaguya's sorrow increased so that her weeping distressed90 the maidens91 who served her. At last they came to the Bamboo-cutter, and said: "Long has the Lady Kaguya watched the moon, waxing in melancholy92 with the waxing thereof, and her woe93 now passes all measure, and sorely she weeps and wails94; wherefore we counsel thee to speak with her."
When the Bamboo-cutter communed with his daughter, he requested that she should tell him the cause of her sorrow, and was informed that the sight of the moon caused her to reflect upon the wretchedness of the world.
During the eighth month the Lady Kaguya explained to her maids that she was no ordinary mortal, but that her birthplace was the Capital of Moonland, and that[Pg 76] the time was now at hand when she was destined95 to leave the world and return to her old home.
Not only was the Bamboo-cutter heart-broken at this sorrowful news, but the Mikado also was considerably troubled when he heard of the proposed departure of the Lady Kaguya. His Majesty was informed that at the next full moon a company would be sent down from that shining orb96 to take this beautiful lady away, whereupon he determined97 to put a check upon this celestial invasion. He ordered that a guard of soldiers should be stationed about the Bamboo-cutter's house, armed and prepared, if need be, to shoot their arrows upon those Moonfolk, who would fain take the beautiful Lady Kaguya away.
The old Bamboo-cutter naturally thought that with such a guard to protect his daughter the invasion from the moon would prove utterly futile. The Lady Kaguya attempted to correct the old man's ideas on the subject, saying: "Ye cannot prevail over the folk of yonder land, nor will your artillery98 harm them nor your defences avail against them, for every door will fly open at their approach, nor may your valour help, for be ye never so stout-hearted, when the Moonfolk come vain will be your struggle with them." These remarks made the Bamboo-cutter exceedingly angry. He asserted that his nails would turn into talons—in short, that he would completely annihilate99 such impudent100 visitors from the moon.
The Moonfolk demand the Lady Kaguya.
Now while the royal guard was stationed about the Bamboo-cutter's house, on the roof and in every direction, the night wore away. At the hour of the Rat[2] a great glory, exceeding the splendour of the moon and stars,[Pg 77] shone around. While the light still continued a strange cloud approached, bearing upon it a company of Moonfolk. The cloud slowly descended101 until it came near to the ground, and the Moonfolk assembled themselves in order. When the royal guard perceived them every soldier grew afraid at the strange spectacle; but at length some of their number summoned up sufficient courage to bend their bows and send their arrows flying; but all their shafts102 went astray.
On the cloud there rested a canopied103 car, resplendent with curtains of finest woollen fabric104, and from out the car a mighty voice sounded, saying: "Come thou forth, Miyakko Maro!"
The Bamboo-cutter tottered105 forth to obey the summons, and received for his pains an address from the chief of the Moonfolk commencing with, "Thou fool," and ending up with a command that the Lady Kaguya should be given up without further delay.
The car floated upward upon the cloud till it hovered106 over the roof. Once again the same mighty voice shouted: "Ho there, Kaguya! How long wouldst thou tarry in this sorry place?"
Immediately the outer door of the storehouse and the inner lattice-work were opened by the power of the Moonfolk, and revealed the Lady Kaguya and her women gathered about her.
The Lady Kaguya, before taking her departure, greeted the prostrate107 Bamboo-cutter and gave him a scroll bearing these words: "Had I been born in this land, never should I have quitted it until the time came for my father to suffer no sorrow for his child; but now, on the contrary, must I pass beyond the boundaries of this world, though sorely against my will. My silken mantle108 I leave behind me as a memorial, and when the moon lights up the night let my father gaze upon it.[Pg 78] Now my eyes must take their last look and I must mount to yonder sky, whence I fain would fall, meteorwise, to earth."
Now the Moonfolk had brought with them, in a coffer, a Celestial Feather Robe and a few drops of the Elixir109 of Life. One of them said to the Lady Kaguya: "Taste, I pray you, of this Elixir, for soiled has your spirit become with the grossnesses of this filthy110 world."
The Lady Kaguya, after tasting the Elixir, was about to wrap up some in the mantle she was leaving behind for the benefit of the old Bamboo-cutter, who had loved her so well, when one of the Moonfolk prevented her, and attempted to throw over her shoulders the Celestial Robe, when the Lady Kaguya exclaimed: "Have patience yet awhile; who dons yonder robe changes his heart, and I have still somewhat to say ere I depart." Then she proceeded to write the following to the Mikado:
"Your Majesty deigned111 to send a host to protect your servant, but it was not to be, and now is the misery112 at hand of departing with those who have come to bear her away with them. Not permitted was it to her to serve your Majesty, and despite her will was it that she yielded not obedience113 to the Royal command, and wrung114 with grief is her heart thereat, and perchance your Majesty may have thought the Royal will was not understood, and was opposed by her, and so will she appear to your Majesty lacking in good manners, which she would not your Majesty deemed her to be, and therefore humbly she lays this writing at the Royal Feet. And now must she don the Feather Robe and mournfully bid her lord farewell."
Having delivered this scroll into the hands of the captain of the host, together with a bamboo joint115 containing[Pg 79] the Elixir, the Feather Robe was thrown over her, and in a moment all memory of her earthly existence departed.
Then the Lady Kaguya entered the car, surrounded by the company of Moonfolk, and the cloud rapidly rose skyward till it was lost to sight.
The sorrow of the Bamboo-cutter and of the Mikado knew no bounds. The latter held a Grand Council, and inquired which was the highest mountain in the land. One of the councillors answered: "In Suruga stands a mountain, not remote from the capital, that towers highest towards heaven among all the mountains of the land." Whereupon his Majesty composed the following verse:
"Never more to see her!
Tears of grief overwhelm me,
and as for me,
with the Elixir of Life
what have I to do?"
Then the scroll, which the Lady Kaguya had written, together with the Elixir, was given to Tsuki no Iwakasa. These he was commanded to take to the summit of the highest mountain in Suruga, and, standing116 upon the highest peak, to burn the scroll and the Elixir of Life.
So Tsuki no Iwakasa heard humbly the Royal command, and took with him a company of warriors117, and climbed the mountain and did as he was bidden. And it was from that time forth that the name of Fuji (Fuji-yama, 'Never Dying') was given to yonder mountain, and men say that the smoke of that burning still curls from its high peak to mingle118 with the clouds of heaven.
[1] The Fifth Quest, that of Lord Iso, is omitted. The story is trivial and of no particular interest. Suffice it to say that Lord Iso's search for the cowry-shell was in vain.
[2] Midnight until two in the morning. "Years, days, and hours," writes Professor B. H. Chamberlain, "were all accounted as belonging to one of the signs of the zodiac."
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