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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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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.
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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 / translated by Naoshi Koriyama and Bruce Allen ; with a foreword by Karen Thornber.
Tokyo : North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, c2015.
Subjects
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 paperback :
4805313412 paperback
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288 pages ; 21 cm
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First edition.
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"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."--
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
895.6314 Ja
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06/24/2024
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Liliha Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
895.6314 Ja
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