Insights into the Anecdotes: Zenroku Okamoto (1849–1912) and His Wife, Shina, (1856–1912), Anecdote 86 “Great Salvation”
The Anecdote (Summary) Shina, wife of Zenroku Okamoto of Nagahara Village in Yamato Province, had seven pregnancies. However, only two children, the eldest son, Eitaro, and the youngest daughter, Kan, survived. Sometime around August 1881 a farmer named Tarobei Imada—who owned about six hectares (15 acres) of rice fields…