The story is told from the perspective of a fictional version of the author with the pen name "Rohan". During his journey to Tokyo, young Rohan enters a small town. He is told he must cross through the mountain to reach his next destination. Rohan makes the trek. Freezing and exhausted, he chances upon a small hut nestled away in the environment. A strange young woman offers him shelter and nurses him back to health. Taken with this strange woman, Rohan inquires as to how she came to this unfortunate circumstance out so far away from civilisation. The woman relates to him her story of how she became a hermit. After the tale, the house vanishes and Rohan is left out in the snow alone. Next to him is a skull in place of the young woman. Rohan finally finishes his trek through the mountain and enters into the next village. He inquires about the hermit woman he encountered. A towns person tells him that the woman was originally a hideous, insane old beggar who, rejected from society, fled into the mountains and was never heard from again.
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Koda, Rohan & Irie Mulhern, Chieko (January 15, 2006) Pagoda, Skull and Samurai: Three Stories by Koda Rohan. 280 pages. Tuttle Publishing.
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encounter, with, skull, short, story, koda, rohan, short, story, koda, rohancountryjapanlanguagejapanesegenre, historical, fiction, supernatural, fictionpublicationmedia, typeprint, periodical, publication, date1890plot, summary, editthe, story, told, from, pe. Encounter with a Skull is a short story by Koda Rohan Encounter with a Skull Short story by Koda RohanCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseGenre s Historical fiction Supernatural fictionPublicationMedia typePrint Periodical Publication date1890Plot summary editThe story is told from the perspective of a fictional version of the author with the pen name Rohan During his journey to Tokyo young Rohan enters a small town He is told he must cross through the mountain to reach his next destination Rohan makes the trek Freezing and exhausted he chances upon a small hut nestled away in the environment A strange young woman offers him shelter and nurses him back to health Taken with this strange woman Rohan inquires as to how she came to this unfortunate circumstance out so far away from civilisation The woman relates to him her story of how she became a hermit After the tale the house vanishes and Rohan is left out in the snow alone Next to him is a skull in place of the young woman Rohan finally finishes his trek through the mountain and enters into the next village He inquires about the hermit woman he encountered A towns person tells him that the woman was originally a hideous insane old beggar who rejected from society fled into the mountains and was never heard from again References editKoda Rohan amp Irie Mulhern Chieko January 15 2006 Pagoda Skull and Samurai Three Stories by Koda Rohan 280 pages Tuttle Publishing nbsp This article about a short story or stories is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Japanese literature related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Encounter with a Skull amp oldid 1186918989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
