A Japanese Boy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Japanese Boy, credited to Shigemi Shiukichi, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi. Read in English by Phil Chenevert The life of a Japanese boy in the late 1800's and early 1900's, told simply and beautifully. This isn't about civilizations and governments, but about what it was like to be a child in a small seaport town called Imabari, which is situated on the western coast of the island of Shikoku. If you wish to learn more about life for a normal family in Japan in these times, this book is a wonderful introduction. The author does not embellish but just describes the daily life of a boy; playing, home, eating, worshiping and school. - Summary by phil chenevert

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Japanese Boy
• Author credits: Shigemi Shiukichi
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 3:40:47

Track guide

1. 01 - Ch 1 My Birthplace-My Grandfather-Tenjinsan. — 13:56
2. 02 - Ch 2 Old Fashioned School-My Schoolmaster- The School House — 8:50
3. 03 - Ch 3 The Kitchen-Dinner-Food. — 10:59
4. 04 - Ch 4 Games-New School-Imitating the West-More About My School — 14:14
5. 05 - Ch 5 Baths-Evenings At Home-Japanese Dancing and Music — 21:51
6. 06 - Ch 6 Amateur Actors and Real Actors-Japanese Theatre — 22:41
7. 07 - Ch 7 Wrestling-Story Tellers-Picnic and Picnic Grounds-An Old Castle Tradition — 18:53
8. 08 - Ch 8 Angling-A Pious Old Lady And Her Adventure — 14:12
9. 09 - Ch 9 The Yaito-A Witch-Woman-Aunt Otsune, Miss Chrysanthemum And Mr. Prosperity. — 20:56
10. 10 - Ch10 New Year's Day-The Mochi Making-Old Time Observances — 16:06
11. 11 - Ch11 Kite Flying-How I Made My Kite-My Uncle A His Rig Kit-Other New Year Games-How We End Our New Year Holiday — 15:55
12. 12 - Ch12 Other Japanese Holidays-Tanabata And Inoko, The Boy's Days-The Shintoistic And Buddistic Ablution Mass. — 12:43
13. 13 - Ch13 Our Priest And Boy-Priest-Our Dog Gem-Shaka's Birthday — 15:41
14. 14 - Ch14 The Festivals Of Local Deities-School Again And Some Account of My School Fellows-Concusion — 13:50

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