The text of"Gayu-Kidan" - one of the origins of "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Houichi"
'Gayuu-Kidan' (published in 1782) is the ghost story book in the Tokugawa period. There's the gif file text on this site, soJapanese-character browser isn't necessary here. And it's modern Japanese version is here.last update 1998.5.8