{"product_id":"japanese-tales-from-times-past-stories-of-fantasy-and-folklore-from-the-konjaku-monogatari-shu-90-stories-included-paperback","title":"Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaoshi Koriyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBruce Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eKaren Thornber\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection of newly translated tales is selected from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature--the \u003ci\u003eKonjaku Monogatari Shu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e of Chaucer or Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the largest collection in English of the \u003ci\u003eKonjaku Monogatari Shu\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe 90 Stories Include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Grave of Chopsticks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobbers Come to a Temple and Steal Its Bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Woman Fish Peddler at the Guardhouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFish are Turned into the Lotus Sutra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dragon is Caught by a Tengu Goblin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Monk Tojo Predicts the Fall of Shujaku Gate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWasps Attack a Spider in Revenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaoshi Koriyama\u003c\/b\u003e taught at Toyo University in Tokyo from 1961-1997 and is professor emeritus. He is the translator of \u003ci\u003eLike Underground Water: The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other books of verse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Allen\u003c\/b\u003e 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 Michiko, including her novel \u003ci\u003eLake of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984030138669,"sku":"9784805313411","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Y0g4YjFaN212dWxxdElwcVBnelhadz09.webp?v=1776081492","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/japanese-tales-from-times-past-stories-of-fantasy-and-folklore-from-the-konjaku-monogatari-shu-90-stories-included-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}