Lotus Other Tales Of Medieval Japan
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Lotus And Other Tales Of Medieval Japan
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Author : Takeshi Umehara
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 1996
Lotus And Other Tales Of Medieval Japan written by Takeshi Umehara and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Fiction categories.
The medieval period in Japan, spanning the years from about 1200 to 1600, was a time of rapid cultural development that saw the emergence and refinement of many new art forms. One of these was the religious folk tale, or setsuwa, many collections of which were compiled during this time. Unlike the rarified court poems and accounts of aristocratic life written during this period, setsuwa were literature for the common man. Like the classic fables and parables of the West, these stories are varied in origin, many of them collected from Indian and Chinese sources and retold and embellished by succeeding generations of authors. In Lotus: and Other Tales of Medieval Japan, the author has carefully chosen eight particularly notable setsuwa for their timeless interest and fascinating plot developments.
Lotus Other Tales Of Medieval Japan
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Author : Takeshi Umehara
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-15
Lotus Other Tales Of Medieval Japan written by Takeshi Umehara and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-15 with Literary Collections categories.
These classic Japanese short stories are masterfully translated and a joy to read. The medieval period in Japan, spanning the years from about 1200 to 1600, was a time of rapid cultural development that saw the emergence and refinement of many new art forms. One of these was the religious folk tale, or setsuwa, many collections of which were compiled during this time. Like the classic fables and parables of the West, these stories are varied in origin, many of them collected from Indian and Chinese sources and retold and embellished by succeeding generations of authors. In Lotus: and Other Tales of Medieval Japan, the author has carefully chosen eight particularly notable setsuwa for their timeless interest and fascinating plot developments. These brilliantly crafted tales effortlessly lure the reader into another world where ghosts and demons walk the earth alongside kings and priests, and miracles occur. With their direct and often shocking developments, the stories here will surprise and startle as much as they engage and amuse. Japanese tales include: Heads Haseo’s Love The Nun Oyo A Tale of Luck and Riches Lazybones Taro Lotus How the Gods Came to Kumano Sansho Dayu
Miraculous Tales Of The Lotus Sutra From Ancient Japan
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Author : Chingen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Miraculous Tales Of The Lotus Sutra From Ancient Japan written by Chingen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Fiction categories.
Miraculous Tales Of The Lotus Sutra From Ancient Japan
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Author : Chingen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Miraculous Tales Of The Lotus Sutra From Ancient Japan written by Chingen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Buddhist legends categories.
Tales Of Times Now Past
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Author : Marian Ury
language : en
Publisher: U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Tales Of Times Now Past written by Marian Ury and has been published by U of M Center For Japanese Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Tales of Times Now Past is a translation of 62 outstanding tales freshly selected from Konjaku monogatari shu, a Japanese anthology dating from the early twelfth century. The original work, unique in world literature, contains more than one thousand systematically arranged tales from India, China, and Japan. It is the most important example of a genre of collections of brief tales which, because of their informality and unpretentious style, were neglected by Japanese critics until recent years but which are now acknowledged to be among the most significant prose literature of premodern Japan. “Konjaku” in particular has aroused the enthusiasm of such leading 20th-century writers as Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Tanizaki Jun’ichiro. The stories, with sources in both traditional lore and contemporary gossip, cover an astonishing range—homiletic, sentimental, terrifying, practical-minded, humorous, ribald. Their topics include the life of the Buddha, descriptions of Heaven and Hell, feats of warriors, craftsmen, and musicians, unsuspected vice, virtue, and ingenuity, and the ways and wiles of bandits, ogres, and proverbially greedy provincial governors, to name just a few. Composed perhaps a century after the refined, allusive, aristocratic Tale of Genji, Konjaku represents a masculine outlook and comparatively plebeian social orientation, standing in piquant contrast to the earlier masterpiece. The unknown compiler was interested less in exploring psychological subtleties than in presenting vivid portraits of human foibles and eccentricities. The stories in the present selection have been chosen to provide an idea of the scope and structure of the book as a whole, and also for their appeal to the modern reader. And the translation is based on the premise that the most faithful rendering is also the liveliest.
Monsters Animals And Other Worlds
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Author : Keller Kimbrough
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2018-02-20
Monsters Animals And Other Worlds written by Keller Kimbrough and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-20 with Literary Collections categories.
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan. These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative—court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples––joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, “Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds,” “Buddhist Tales,” and “Interspecies Affairs.” Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.
Japanese Tales
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Author : Royall Tyler
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2012-08-22
Japanese Tales written by Royall Tyler and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-22 with Fiction categories.
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
Tales Of Tears And Laughter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1993-08-01
Tales Of Tears And Laughter written by and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-01 with Literary Collections categories.
The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.
Seven Demon Stories From Medieval Japan
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Author : Noriko T. Reider
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2016-10-03
Seven Demon Stories From Medieval Japan written by Noriko T. Reider and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-03 with Social Science categories.
In Japanese culture, oni are ubiquitous supernatural creatures who play important roles in literature, lore, and folk belief. Characteristically ambiguous, they have been great and small, mischievous and dangerous, and ugly and beautiful over their long history. Here, author Noriko Reider presents seven oni stories from medieval Japan in full and translated for an English-speaking audience. Reider, concordant with many scholars of Japanese cultural studies, argues that to study oni is to study humanity. These tales are from an era in which many new oni stories appeared for the purpose of both entertainment and moral/religious edification and for which oni were particularly important, as they were perceived to be living entities. They reflect not only the worldview of medieval Japan but also themes that inform twenty-first-century Japanese pop and vernacular culture, including literature, manga, film, and anime. With each translation, Reider includes an introductory essay exploring the historical and cultural importance of the characters and oni manifestations within this period. Offering new insights into and interpretations of not only the stories therein but also the entire genre of Japanese ghost stories, Seven Demon Stories is a valuable companion to Reider’s 2010 volume Japanese Demon Lore. It will be of significant value to folklore scholars as well as students of Japanese culture.
Rethinking Sorrow
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Author : Margaret Helen Childs
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1991
Rethinking Sorrow written by Margaret Helen Childs and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Literary Collections categories.