The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.


Atop the mountain, there lived a deity with a tiger in his household. A fair maiden ventured alone... to see the deity of the mountain.
The head of a village plagued by a man-eating tiger offers his daughter Hyeon-na to any man who successfully disposes of the tiger. Dismayed at being treated as a trophy, Hyeon-na sets out alone to the mountain where the tiger lives...
Collection of short stories:
1. Etsujinka (Song of the Yue Maiden)
2. Yama ni Sumu Kami (The Deity Atop a Mountain)
3. Ryakudatsu Sareta Musume (The Abducted Maiden)
4. Toukasen (The Folding Fan with Peach Blossoms Motif)
5. Seirou Nyonin-koku (Brothel: Women’s Territory)
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