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Author : Marian Ury
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0520038649
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781462917211
This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature—the Konjaku Monogatari Shu. This collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer or Dante's Inferno—powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the cultural psychology, fantasy, and creativity of medieval Japan—tales that still resonate with modern Japanese readers today. The ninety stories in this book are filled with keen psychological insights, wry sarcasm, and scarcely veiled criticisms of the clergy, nobles, and peasants alike—suggesting that there are, among all classes and peoples, similar failings of pride, vanity, superstition and greed—as well as aspirations toward higher moral goals. This is the largest collection in English of the Konjaku Monogatari Shu tales ever published in one volume. It presents the low life and the high life, the humble and the devout, the profane flirting, farting and fornicating of everyday men and women, as well as their yearning for the wisdom, transcendence and compassion that are all part and parcel of our shared humanity. Stories Include: The Grave of Chopsticks Robbers Come to a Temple and Steal Its Bell The Woman Fish Peddler at the Guardhouse Fish are Turned into the Lotus Sutra A Dragon is Caught by a Tengu Goblin The Monk Tojo Predicts the Fall of Shujaku Gate Wasps Attack a Spider in Revenge
Author : Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
Publisher : Kanji Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X002162232
The Konjaku Tales contains translations from the Konjaku monogatarish , the largest Japanese story collection, which dates from the early twelfth century. The original work contains more than one thousand tales from India, China, and Japan.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Buddhist stories, Japanese
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127440795
Author : Hiroshi Naito
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781462907724
These twenty-two Japanese tales open to Western readers the world of fantasy in the legendary literature of Japan—a world of ogres, monkeys, goblins, and priest, of spelling-casting and rescuing people. Rich in variety, Legends of Japan includes tales of the supernatural, magic, and deities, as well as tales of romance and intrigue. The vividness and aesthetic appeal of these stories is enhanced by twenty-two woodblock prints from the studio of modern Japanese illustrator Masahiko Nishin. The tales are drawn from two Japanese masterpieces of the Heian (794-1185) and Kamakura (1192-1333) periods. The earlier and main source is 31-volume Konjaku Monogatari, a collection of tales of Japanese, Chinese and Indian origin. The other source is the miscellany Tsurezure Gusa, by Kento Yoshida, a monk of noble birth who was well versed in Japanese and Chinese literature. A reader's delight, these little books distills the color and charm, the wisdom and humor of two great treasuries of classical Asian literature.
Author : Royall Tyler
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307784063
Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author : Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
Publisher : Kanji Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X002162236
The Konjaku Tales contains translations from the Konjaku monogatarish , the largest Japanese story collection, which dates from the early twelfth century. The original work contains more than one thousand tales from India, China, and Japan.
Author : Zack Davisson
Publisher : Chin Music Press Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780988769359
An eerie yet insightful exploration into the phenomenon of yurei, or Japanese ghosts, both past and present.
Author : Haruo Shirane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Folk literature, Japanese
ISBN : 9780231152457
Haruo Shirane and Burton Watson, renowned translators and scholars, introduce English-speaking readers to the vivid tradition of early and medieval Japanese folktales. These dramatic and often amusing stories offer a major view of the foundations of Japanese culture.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : FICTION
ISBN : OCLC:951547744
"This collection of translated stories from the classic work of Japanese medieval literature, the "Konjaku Monogatari shu", contains powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the imagination, fantasy, and creativeness of the Japanese. The ninety stories contain psychological insight, wry sarcasm, and barely veiled criticisms of the doings of clergy, nobles, and peasants alike, suggesting that there are, among all classes and peoples, similar susceptibilities to pride, vanity, superstition, and greed--as well as aspirations toward higher moral goals. This is the largest selection from the "Konjaku Monogatari shu" ever gathered together in one volume. It presents the low life and the high, the humble and the devout; the drinking, flirting, farting and fornicating, as well as the yearning for wisdom, transcendence and compassion that are all part and of our shared human nature."-
Author : Michael Dylan Foster
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520271012
Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Currently popular in anime, manga, film, and computer games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. In this delightful and accessible narrative, readers will explore the roles played by these mysterious beings within Japanese culture and will also learn of their abundance and variety through detailed entries, some with original illustrations, on more than fifty individual creatures. The Book of Yokai provides a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture. It also invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity. Ê
Author : Naoko Matsubara
Publisher : Western Publications Distirbution Agency
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 490036200X
Tales of Days Gone by is a selection of 17 stories from Konjaku monogatari-shu, a 12th century collection of more than 1000 tales. The stories in this selection are divided into three categories: tales of women, tales of wonder and tales of Buddhism. They were chosen and visualized in dynamic woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:88173655
Author : Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935744122
Prefiguring the vital modernist voices of the Western literary canon, Akutagawa writes with a trenchant psychological precision that exposes the shifting traditions and ironies of early twentieth-century Japan and reveals his own strained connection to it. These stories are moving glimpses into a cast of characters at odds with the society around them, singular portraits that soar effortlessly toward the universal. "What good is intelligence if you cannot discover a useful melancholy?" Akutagawa once mused. Both piercing intelligence and "useful melancholy" buoy this remarkable collection. Mandarins contains three stories published in English for the first time: "An Evening Conversation," "An Enlightened Husband," and "Winter."
Author : Hiroaki Sato
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468301373
This authoritative history of Japan’s elite warrior class separates fact from myth as it chronicles centuries of samurai combat, culture, and legend. In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato examines the history of these medieval Japanese warriors, as well as the many long-standing myths that surround them. In doing so, he presents an authentic and revealing picture of these men and their world. Sato’s masterful translations of original samurai tales, laws, dicta, reports, and arguments are accompanied by insightful commentary. With incisive historical research, this volume chronicles the changing ethos of the Japanese warrior from the samurai's historical origins to his rise to political power. A fascinating look at Japanese history as seen through the evolution of the samurai, Legends of the Samurai stands as the ultimate authority on its subject.