"Your daughter's coming of age, you ought to let her see the world a little."
- Susumu Katsumata
"I wish I could see a cherry blossom or a lotus flower. Where could they be?"
"Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth."
"Young Bride had a scratch on her neck from the knife, but no other external injuries. It seemed she was killed by the shock the drunks gave her.After sixty-odd years, reliving the trauma of that fatef..."