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356ToKUcAwa PERToDsurviveevenone night with such agodl"-forthey had comeoattachapeculiar significance o the oddshapewhichthedeity hadassumed.Atthisjuncureayoung and beautifulwidowfromthe villagesteppedorward,saying,Sinceit isfor thegod, Iwilloffer myselfinplaccof theyoungmaidens."Allnightlong thebeautifulwidowwaited intheshring but shedidnotget a bit of afiection.Enraged,she chargedntothc innersanctum,graspedhe divine umbrella6rmlyin herhands andscreaming,Worthlessdeceivert"she toreitapart, andthrew thepiecess ar asshecouldlTHEETERNATTOREHOUSEOFJA,PAN[NipponEiuigara] byharaSai\aftuThiscollection ol bicl talesdealing uith hou to maftc or lasc afortuncwasfrstpublishedin fi88. It is notonly ol highliteraryaalue,butgittesus inaaluabledescriptionsol thc lifeof the toutns-menin the late seaenteenth entary. It bearsthe subtitle,"TheMillionairdsGospel,Retised Vcrsion."THE TYCOON OFALLTENANTS"Thisis to certifythatthepersonnamedFuji-ichi,tenant in ahousebelonging o Hishiya Chozaemon,s to my certainknowledgethepossessorf one thousandtammen silver.. . ."Suchwould be he form oftestimonialwhenFuji-ichisoughtnewlodgings.Itwas his proud claim that inthe wholewideworldtherewasno millionairequite likehimself.For althoughhe wasworthathousandtammc,helivedina rentedhouseno morethanfouryardswide. n this wayhe becamehe talkof Kyoto.However,one dayheaccepted house as suretyfor a loanof thirty-eightftamme;nthe courseof time, as theinterest mounted,he suretyitselfbecameorfeit;and for the fust timeFuji-ichibecameprop-ertyowrer.He was muchvexedatthis. Upto nowhe had achieveddistinctionas"themillionaireinlodgings,"butnow thathe hadahouseofhis own hewas commonplace-hismoneyin itselfwasmere dustby comparisonwith whatlayinthe strongooms oftheforemostmerchants f Kyoto.Fuji-ichiwas a cleverman, and hissubstantialortunewasamassedn his own lifetime.Butfirst and foremosthewasa manwhoknew his ownmind,andthis wasthe basisofhissuccess.n
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    04 / 24 / 2011<span class="translation_missing">en_US, this_document_made_it_onto_the</span>Rising List!

    interesting. similar to The Richest Man in Babylon. it was obviously a lesson to people of its day.

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