悪魔の話 - translation from artifacts found burried under a shrine in Gifu, Japan.

悪魔の話,  Talking with the enemy, an English translation of several partial fragments of original Japanese texts, 17th Century (European dating).



Extract from a essay translation by Daniel Drake followed by historical notes from the same essay,

Akechi the retained, sang of his future, glorious and new.  His new advisor courage gave and golden led came from the sky.  Dark the eyes of Nobunaga, collector of all lands and Shogun of all souls.
  The joke teller who came from the sky whispered of path to follow and to lead the path from the enemy to the gate. Disasters followed to the Lord of the land who fell into his sword in disgrace as hope was given away by his friend that was close.  Of the Joker, he sang to Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the deeds done and Akechi was thrown down.  But Hideyoshi knew of the Joker who had aided the foot soldier ancestor to height and had sung to him on a koto of the way things will be.


Nobunaga commanded a vast area of what we call modern Japan after a campaign against the Shogun Ashikaga.  Once Ashikaga was defeated and exiled, Nobunaga ruled and promoted peace and education but his trusted adviser Akechi was corrupted by his enemies and betrayed his Master.  In revenge, Toyotomi Hideyoshi - a much recorded and great ruler of Japan, avenged Nobunaga's fate and seized control of Japan.  These details are recorded, verified and documented by countless historians.  But the Joker, or another translation could be lie teller, appears only here and alas there is no more to this writing because the rest is burnt and ashes, we - the research students who are analysing the remaining parts - believe these to be the missing parts.  We, and our Japanese lecturers do not know the importance of the red hair used to tie the bits together.


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Essay by Daniel Drake and Felicity Martin as part of an exchange visit to Gifu 1995

Hideyoshi was jubilant, All before him was under him, people and treasures bowed to him.  He was jubilant when the Joker returned from the sky.  There was a land to the South that would not bow and the Joker told Hideyoshi not to visit.  Hideyoshi went and was defeated.  He was furious that the Joker sang to the Lords and Hideyoshi had to return to remove bad stain.  When he did not return the Joker sang once more to the Lords and played instruments while the brother fell.  The observer sees and the Joker is cruel and the observer fears and the Joker plays.  The observer runs.

Hideyoshi ruled Japan after he unified it after the Battle of Odawara (1590 European dating) he could not conquer Korea.  History books tell us that his position was weakened and politicians and family leaders without a figurehead to oppose him in public, continued to support him until his death in battle in Korea.  The Western history books do not list the full story of what happened after because conflicts, minor wars and political battles were fought in the leadership vacuum that followed the death of Hideyoshi's successor.  Some scraps refer to a Joker or visitor from the sky storytelling of power and seizing dreams in the courts of the powerful families.  There are no accurate descriptions of who these visitors were other than not of this land.  This student can only suggest for the record that the visitor from the sky was part of a larger team from Europe sent by the Monarchies to spread civil unrest in Japan as they were becoming a nation that could challenged their authority.  The break down of the Shogunate into warring factions was part of this larger plan to destabilise the country.


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Translation from the diary of a battle field survivor (or observer) 20st October early 17th Century. Made by Professor D. Drake 2007.

The sky filled the land.  Two armies, enemies at war, walked side by side.  No blood was lost today, not here and now, men knew it would come but did not want it when their leaders did not order it.
They talked, these men, like friends of birth but parted by time and distance.  Stories were told of the marching and the sword, of honour and deeds done and undertaken by hero's.  Laughter cut through the fog, all around me and it made me happy.  Then stories of the traveller came, from both side the stories came and they knew they were the same.  Then the screaming came.  The men like brothers screamed and the fog was full of fear and we ran.  Our masters knew the enemy was at their heals and we ran.

The battle of Sekigahara is recorded as starting on the 21st October, and there are numerous documentations of the coming together of the two armies on the eve of this.  The fog, due to good weather meeting heavy rain reduced visibility to virtually nil and stretched for many miles.  In this soup the forward party of Tokugawa's army met the defensive line of Ishida's army.  Records say both sides withdrew and the alerted Generals knew of the proximity of their foe.  But survivors of the siege have left oral legends of the stories told by soldiers they met in the confusion and how rations were shared in small groups made up of all sides.  The soldiers fled in panic but the reason has never been fully explored.


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Translation of a broken cover plate under a shrine in Gifu.

Beware and wail for the traveller from the sky is here.  He has always been here and he always will.  The song of the Joker will awaken your desire and quicken your defeat.  Beware.  These things (or This that belong to him)  must be forgotten and his name not spoken for by this action he is welcome.  Beware.

Translated by Professor D. Drake from notes and photographs taken in 1993 of artefacts found under a vandalised shrine in Gifu, Japan.


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The red hair traveller is deaf to the song.


Translation into English from a painted script found partially burnt, buried and tied together with long strands of red human hair, under a shrine destroyed by vandals in Gifu, Japan. 悪魔の話,


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extracts kindly reproduced from "Professor Daniel Drake, from student to teacher to student. An expert in Japanese culture and writings"  An autobiography by S. Thomas 2013;  with permission from the author.

Professor Drake is a world famous speaker on Japan and its secret history and the influences of demons, angels, spirits, ancestors and European spies.