Japan's scariest ghost story - Kit Brooks

翻译人员: Layla March 校对人员: Sophia Ye

Looking at her father’s brutally murdered body,

看着她父亲被残忍杀害的尸体，

Oiwa was sick with despair.

大岩感到绝望。

Her father had been Oiwa’s only hope for ending her marriage

她的父亲一直是大岩结束与残忍而

to the cruel and dishonorable samurai Iemon.

不名誉的武士伊右卫门婚姻的唯一希望。

And now, while her husband and brother-in-law vowed to find the culprit,

现在，当她的丈夫和 姐夫发誓要找到罪魁祸首时，

Oiwa was trapped in her unhappy home with only the household servant Kohei

大岩被困在不幸的家中， 只有家庭佣人Kohei

to witness her suffering.

目睹了她的痛苦。然而，这位悲伤的女人

What the grieving woman couldn’t guess,

however, was just how close the killer was.

无法猜到凶手离得有多近。

After Oiwa’s father tried to end the marriage,

在大岩的父亲试图结束婚姻后，

it was Iemon who murdered him in cold blood.

伊右卫门冷血地杀害了他。

Hearing of her troubles,

听说她的困境后，

Oiwa’s wealthy doctor neighbor sent some medicine to soothe her.

大岩的富有的医生邻居送 了一些药来安抚她。

However, when Iemon went to offer thanks,

但是，当伊右卫门前去表示感谢时，

the doctor revealed his gift was part of a sordid scheme.

医生透露他的礼物是一个 卑鄙的计划的一部分。

His beautiful young granddaughter was madly in love with Iemon,

他美丽的小孙女疯狂地爱上了伊右卫门，

and if the samurai left Oiwa for her, the doctor would offer him great riches.

如果武士离开大岩去找她， 医生将给他巨大的财富。

Iemon happily accepted this bargain, and eager to marry his new bride,

右卫门高兴地接受了这个交易， 渴望娶他的新娇妻，

he sent a man called Takuetsu to dispose of his poisoned wife.

于是派了一个叫做Takuetsu的人 来处理他中毒的妻子。

But when Takuetsu arrived in Oiwa’s room, he was appalled.

但当 Takuetsu 来到大岩的房间时， 他震惊了。

The poison had swollen her eye

毒药使她的眼睛肿胀，

and her hair fell to the floor in bloody clumps.

头发成团结成血块掉到地板上。

Taking pity, Takuetsu told Oiwa about the doctor’s scheme.

出于怜悯，Takuetsu 告诉大岩 关于医生阴谋的事。

Furious, Oiwa lunged for a sword.

大岩愤怒地扑向一把剑。

Takuetsu wrestled it away and flung the blade across the room.

Takuetsu 夺走了剑并 将刀片扔向房间的另一边。

But when Oiwa ran to confront her husband, she stumbled,

但当大岩跑去面对她的丈夫时， 她绊倒了，

falling against the sword.

倒在剑上。

Wounded and poisoned, Oiwa cursed Iemon’s name

受伤并中毒，她的生命渐渐离去， 她诅咒着伊右卫门的名字。

as the life left her body.

At the discovery of his wife's demise,

在发现妻子去世后，

Iemon arranged to remarry that very night—

伊右卫门计划当天晚上再婚，

but not before killing his servant Kohei, who heard Oiwa’s death.

但不先杀害听到 大岩死亡的仆人Kohei。

While Iemon celebrated his wedding,

当伊右卫门庆祝他的婚礼时，

his friends nailed both corpses to a heavy door

他的朋友们把两具尸体钉 在一扇沉重的门上，

and sunk them in a nearby river.

然后将它们沉入附近的河中。

That night, Iemon reveled in his successful scheme.

那晚，伊右卫门陶醉于他成功的计划。

But suddenly his bride’s sleeping face

但突然间，他新娘的睡脸

shifted into Oiwa’s tortured features.

变成了大岩受折磨的面容。

Iemon acted on his violent instincts, slashing her throat.

伊右卫门出于暴力本能行事， 刺破她的喉咙。

But when his fear subsided, he realized that he’d killed his new wife.

但当他的恐惧消退时， 他意识到自己杀了自己的新妻。

He stumbled out of the room and into another monstrous figure

他摇摇晃晃地走出房间，看到另一个

wearing the face of his deceased servant.

戴着已故仆人面容的可怕人物。

The samurai ran his sword through the man—

武士用剑刺穿那个人，

only to discover he’d slain his new grandfather-in-law as well.

却发现他也杀死了自己的新岳父。

Iemon fled the house, running frantically until he came upon a moonlit river.

伊右卫门逃离房子，疯狂地奔跑， 直到来到一个月光下的河流。

Here, he stopped to plot his next move, fishing as he thought.

在这里，他停下来策划下一步行动， 边钓鱼边思考。

Soon his fishing rod began to twitch,

不久，他的垂钓竿开始抽动，

but the harder he pulled, the heavier his catch became.

但拉得越用力，他的收获越重。

Finally, a wooden door broke the river’s surface—

最后，一扇木门破开了河面，

with Oiwa’s writhing body on one side and Kohei’s on the other.

一边是大岩扭动的身体， 另一边是Kohei的身体。

Iemon ran for days,

伊右卫门奔跑了好几天，

finally taking shelter in a mountain hermitage.

最终找到庇护在山中的隐居处。

Over the following months,

在接下来的几个月里，

he tried to convince himself these horrible visions were just illusions—

他试图说服自己这些 可怕的幻象只是错觉，

but his nightmares never relented.

但他的噩梦从未停歇。

One night, as he attempted to walk off another bad dream,

一天晚上，当他试图走开另一个噩梦时，

a nearby lantern began to crackle and tear.

附近的一盏灯笼开始嘎吱声响和撕裂。

The paper stretched larger and larger

纸张越来越大，

until Oiwa’s ghost appeared in a blaze of fire.

直到大岩的幽灵在火焰中出现。

Iemon begged for mercy, but Oiwa had none to offer.

伊右卫门请求怜悯， 但大岩没有什么可以提供的。

Over just 24 hours, the spirit slaughtered his parents and friends,

在短短 24 小时内， 这个幽灵屠杀了他的父母和朋友，

and tortured the samurai with ravenous rats.

并用贪婪的老鼠折磨这名武士。

Only when Iemon was truly hopeless did Oiwa enlist her brother-in-law

只有当伊右卫门真的感到绝望时， 大岩才招募她的姐夫，

to secure bloody justice for her and her father.

为她和她的父亲伸张血腥的正义。

In the 19th century, Oiwa’s quest for vengeance

在 19 世纪， 大岩寻求复仇的故事

was one of the most popular kabuki theater performances,

是歌舞伎表演中最受欢迎的之一，

renowned for its grisly narrative and groundbreaking special effects.

以其可怕的叙述和开创性的特效而著名。

To depict Oiwa’s iconic transformation,

为了描绘大岩的标志性转变，

designers hid bags of fake blood in her wig.

设计师在她的假发中 藏了装满假血的袋子。

And for her grand, ghostly entrance,

对于她宏伟而幽灵般的入场，

Oiwa’s actor really would emerge from a flaming lantern,

大岩的演员真的会从一个 燃烧的灯笼中出现，

doing an assisted handstand to look as though she’s descending from above.

进行辅助倒立，仿佛从上方降临。

Today, Oiwa is considered Japan’s most famous ghost,

今天，大岩被认为是日本最著名的幽灵，

and her image continues to inspire counterparts in film and television.

她的形象继续激发电影和电视界的同行。

But those who retell her story still tread carefully,

但那些重新讲述她的故 事的人仍然小心谨慎，

often asking her spirit’s permission at her rumored grave in Tokyo.

经常在传闻中的东京坟 墓征得她的灵魂许可。

In this way, modern storytellers continue to give Oiwa

通过这种方式，现代讲故事的人继续给予

the respect— and fear—

大岩应有的尊重和恐惧。

she so rightfully deserves.