The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871 – 1932) was an early 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and Yei was sent to live in Japan with her father. Later she refused an arranged marriage, left her father's house, and became a teacher and secretary to earn money. She traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe, as her employment and family duties took her.
The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die is a Japanese fairy tale, collected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. The story is focused on a man named Sentaro. He was not rich, he was not poor, he was neither dud nor was he a lucky fellow. He was simple man, but one, out of the blue, he decided to beat Death.