sentences:  ), "Folktales of Japan" (1963) had been collected in Monou District, Miyagi.The priest in the story defeated the ogres (whose remains were those of dead monkeys) by replacing the sacrificial maiden inside the chest with the dog Shippei Taro, found in the distant city of Nagahama, Ōmi Province.Seki himself collected a number of variant tales from the field.