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Spring DaylightAuthor: Izumi Kyoka
| Original Title | 春昼 |
|---|---|
| Author | 泉 鏡花 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a tranquil village bathed in spring sunlight, a wanderer’s idle stroll leads him to an old farmer tending peach-blossomed fields and a mysterious two-story house where a young woman’s voice lingers. A serpent slithering into its walls sparks unease, drawing him to a monk who recounts a haunting tale. It centers on Tamawaki Miwo, a woman of ethereal beauty ensnared in tragedy—a lovelorn scholar’s demise and whispers of cursed gold buried beneath the earth. As the wanderer traverses rapeseed fields ablaze with yellow and ancient temples adorned with pilgrims’ prayers, visions blur reality: crimson snakes glinting like embers, spectral horses emerging from thickets, and a poem etched on faded parchment hinting at dreams entwined with loss. The monk’s cryptic warnings weave love, obsession, and lingering spirits, leaving the wanderer—and the reader—to untangle the shadows binding past and present, where beauty conceals peril and every blossom masks a secret yearning. |
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