【Contents】 ■ "Kajikaji" (Stable Fire) Osaki, a hairdresser, comes to a matchmaker to consult about her husband's true feelings after a marital quarrel. The matchmaker advises her to test her husband's feelings by using two examples: the "Stable Fire Story" from Confucius, a wise man of China, and the story of "A Certain Husband Who Loved Pottery." What will be the result? ■ "Omitate" (Selection) Mokubei, a wealthy man from Tochigi, comes to Yoshiwara, a red-light district, with the intention of seeing the courtesan Kisen. However, Kisen, who dislikes Mokubei, has Kisuke, a young man, pretend that she is ill to turn him away. But Mokubei insists, "If she's sick, I want to visit her." Kisen, with no other choice, orders Kisuke to "tell him she's dead." And the situation takes an even more unexpected turn. Shipped quickly in a bubble-wrap envelope. (25-0404-900a)