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Japanese tales from times past : stories of fantasy and folklore from the Konjaku monogatari shu : new translations from Japan's most famous collection of folk wisdom

Kōriyama, Naoshi, 1926- translator, Allen, Bruce, 1949- translator, Thornber, Karen Laura, writer of foreword

Overview

\"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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Subject: Folk literature, Japanese Translations into English. / Japanese literature Heian period, 794-1185 Translations into English. / Buddhist legends Translations into English. / Japan Social life and customs Fiction.
• ISBN: 9784805313411, 4805313412

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PL787.K62 E5 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE