Muramasa Kılıcı

TO MY DEARLY BELOVED SISTEREMILIEIn Brotherly AffectionTHIS BOOKIS DEDICATEDBY THE AUTHOR

PREFACE.

This storyis an original taleof Old Japan,written almostfrom a Japanese point of view.

It could be translatedinto that language;if it were madeinto a bookor toldon a street cornerby one of the itinerant story-tellers(traveling story-tellers),the reader or listenerwould thinkit fits perfectlywith the traditionsof the timewhen it is supposed to have happened.

Whether people herewill like this style,it is for the publicto decide.