Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included) - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Naoshi Koriyama (Translator), Bruce Allen (Translator), Karen Thornber (Foreword by)Publish date:2015-08-04Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9784805313411ISBN-10:4805313412UPC:9784805313411Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianBook Topic:JapaneseSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC9B2CXMBS
Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included)
This collection of newly translated tales is selected 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9784805313411ISBN-10:4805313412UPC:9784805313411Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianBook Topic:JapaneseSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC9B2CXMBS
Naoshi Koriyama taught at Toyo University in Tokyo from 1961-1997 and is professor emeritus. He is the translator of Like Underground Water: The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and numerous other books of verse. Bruce Allen is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Seisen University in Tokyo. He has translated several of the works of Japanese writer Ishimure...
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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