Tales of Times Now Past
Author: Marian Ury
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780520038646
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The Konjaku Tales
Author: Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
Publisher: Kanji Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Japanese Tales from Times Past
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Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1462917216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
The Konjaku Tales
Author: Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
Publisher: Kanji Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Legends of Japan
Author: Hiroshi Naito
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2012-07-17
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1462907725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese 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.
Japanese Tales
Author: Royall Tyler
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2012-08-22
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0307784061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo 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
The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales
Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0231152450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaruo 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.
Yurei
Author: Zack Davisson
Publisher: Chin Music Press Inc.
Published: 2015-07-13
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0988769352
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"I lived in a haunted apartment." Zack Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Eerie red marks on the apartment's ceiling kept Zack and his wife on edge. The landlord warned them not to open a door in the apartment that led to nowhere. "Our Japanese visitors had no problem putting a name to it . . . they would sense the vibes of the place, look around a bit and inevitably say 'Ahhh . . . yurei ga deteru.' There is a yurei here." Combining his lifelong interest in Japanese tradition and his personal experiences with these vengeful spirits, Davisson launches an investigation into the origin, popularization, and continued existence of yurei in Japan. Juxtaposing historical documents and legends against contemporary yurei-based horror films such as The Ring, Davisson explores the persistence of this paranormal phenomenon in modern day Japan and its continued spread throughout the West. Zack Davisson is a translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the translator of Mizuki Shigeru's Showa 1926–1939: A History of Japan and a translator and contributor to Kitaro. He also worked as a researcher and on-screen talent for National Geographic's TV special Japan: Lost Souls of Okinawa. He writes extensively about Japanese ghost stories at his website, hyakumonogatari.com.
The Book of Yokai
Author: Michael Dylan Foster
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2015-01-14
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0520271017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonsters, 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
