Tales of the Samurai / Stories Illustrating Bushido, the Moral Principles of the Japanese Knighthood

Transcriber’s Notes

Text notes:

1. For the HTML version, page numbers of the original printed text are displayed within brackets to the side of the text.
2. In order to facilitate word wrapping, an ellipsis in the middle of a sentence is replaced by a group of three periods. This group has a leading and, unless a comma is present, trailing blank space added. Ellipses at the end of a sentence do not have a leading blank space, but closing punctuation has been added if needed.
3. Footnotes have been numbered and moved to the end of each story.
4. Half-title pages have been removed. The page numbers given in the table of contents have been adjusted.
5. Illustrations have been placed in a manner to avoid splitting a paragraph. The page numbers given in the List of Illustrations have been adjusted as needed.
6. Changed paragraphs ending in “,” to “:—” to match style of the rest of the book:
   • pg 129: with due reverence,
   • pg 139: clear and distinct,
   • pg 151: laughed good-humouredly and,
7. Except as mentioned above and in the Change List that follows, every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including non-standard punctuation, inconsistently hyphenated words, etc.

Change List (page numbers from original printed book):

• Table of Contents
  The Royalty of A Boy Samurai
  changed to
  The Loyalty of a Boy Samurai
• Table of Contents
  The Wrestling of A Daimio
  changed to
  The Wrestling of a Daimio
• Page 5
  Villian
  changed to
  Villain
• Page 7
  Assasination
  changed to
  Assassination
• Page 37
  Added “I.” section header to match other sections.
• Page 42
  had quite forgotton to attend
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  had quite forgotten to attend
• Page 45
  remonstrace
  changed to
  remonstrance
• Page 57
  Katsuno, till pale and emaciated
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  Katsuno, still pale and emaciated
• Page 73
  adressed to Ōsuga Katsutaka
  changed to
  addressed to Ōsuga Katsutaka
• Page 85
  twelth
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  twelfth
• Page 90
  at the inconseqence
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  at the inconsequence
• Page 94
  rankling in yonr heart
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  rankling in your heart
• Page 95
  seal your reconcilation
  changed to
  seal your reconciliation
• Page 108
  in the twelth year
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  in the twelfth year
• Page 108
  affords me much gratificaiton
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  affords me much gratification
• Page 139
  behined
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  behind
• Page 155
  Genzaemon
  changed to
  Gonzaemon
• Page 156
  May I not accomodate you
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  May I not accommodate you
• Page 159
  tussel
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  tussle
• Page 162
  wordly
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  worldly
• Page 162
  stipened
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  stipend
• Page 173
  Ryōkan
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  Ryōkwan
• Page 178
  Kyokwan’s
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  Ryōkwan’s
• Page 181
  remontrance
  changed to
  remonstrance
• Page 188
  “Keicho 19, 12th month, 27th day.”
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  “Keichō 19, 12th month, 27th day.”
• Page 189
  PAECE
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  PEACE
• Page 189
  receiving it back pu
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  receiving it back put
• Page 196
  a short breating space
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  a short breathing space
• Page 197
  halbert
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  halberd
• Page 199
  “Coward,” cried the dying warrior,” “you
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  “Coward,” cried the dying warrior, “you
• Page 199
  weaking
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  weakling
• Page 200
  Iyeyrsu
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  Ieyasu
• Page 205
  a keen interst in him.
  changed to
  a keen interest in him.
• Page 217
  Added missing illustration caption.
• Page 225
  but villian though he is
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  but villain though he is
• Page 227
  robbor
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  robber
• Page 229
  cried Kūysuké
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  cried Kyūsuké
• Page 230
  profitting
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  profiting
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  ifeless body
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  lifeless body