Death on Gokumon Island Quotes

“Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“Up at the pirate fortress, we found the remains of a bonfire. And then there was this furoshiki…” Shimizu produced a dirty, rain-soaked cloth that was obviously a furoshiki wrapping cloth that had seen better days. He opened it up to reveal the white face of an oni demon on a yellow background. Above it was printed the character “hon” meaning “main”, also in white. “The family crest?…” “Yes, it’s the Kito family crest. The branch family also uses the face of a demon, but theirs has the character for ‘branch’ above it.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“The characters for “wake” in Japanese mean “all through the night”—but even in the most rural areas no one takes this literally any more. They usually begin around nine or ten in the evening, or even as late as eleven.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“After several of these bends and curves, you came to a tiny shrine. If you peeped in through the latticed door, there was a small wooden-floored space the equivalent of two tatami mats in size. At the far end was a plain wooden platform upon which there was an odd-looking figure something like a karako doll—a boy doll dressed in Chinese-style clothing. According to the wooden sign hanging above the lattice, this was a jigamisama, or a god of the harvest.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“One time the priest had pointed them out and said, “Back-to-back with Lord Kiso—so cold.” He had the habit of suddenly coming out with the most unexpected haiku at the oddest of times.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“feeling of despair”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island

“Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục Môn như một thế giới lung linh màu bạc, bảng lảng sương mờ, những ngọn đuốc lập loè như ma trơi trôi nổi khắp nơi, trườn dần lên dọc triền núi.”
― Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island