The Chrysanthemum Pledge

by Ueda Akinari · 1776

A samurai vows to return by the Chrysanthemum Festival, and when death prevents him, his ghost keeps the promise.

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• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: “there is that tale, 'The Chrysanthemum Pledge,' in Tales of Moonlight and Rain. Have you read it?"”