Zusatztext This volume provides a clear window into medieval Japanese culture and world view. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Keller Kimbrough is a professor of Japanese in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado! Boulder. He is the author of Preachers! Poets! Women! and the Way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan (2008) and the translator of Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater (Columbia! 2013). Haruo Shirane! Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University! is the author and editor of numerous books on Japanese literature! including Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature! Literature! and the Arts (Columbia! 2012) and Reading "The Tale of Genji": Sources from the First Millennium (Columbia! 2015! coedited with Thomas Harper). Klappentext 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. With images from the original scroll paintings! it illuminates a rich world of literary! Buddhist! and visual culture. Zusammenfassung 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. With images from the original scroll paintings, it illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction! by Haruo Shirane Monsters! Warriors! and Journeys to Other Worlds Haseo and the Gambling Stranger (Haseo soshi) The Tale of the Dirt Spider (Tsuchigumo zoshi) The Demon Shuten Doji (Shuten Doji) The Demon of Ibuki (Ibuki Doji) The Tale of Tawara Toda (Tawara Toda monogatari) The Origins of Hashidate (Hashidate no honji (Bontenkoku) The Palace of the Tengu (Tengu no dairi) Yoshitsune's Island-Hopping (Onzoshi shima-watari) The Tale of Amewakahiko (Amewakahiko soshi) The Origins of the Suwa Deity (Suwa no honji) Buddhist Tales The Tale of the Fuji Cave (Fuji no hitoana soshi) Isozaki (Isozaki) The Tale of the Handcart Priest (Kuruma-zo soshi) Origins of the Statue of Kannon as a Boy (Chigo Kannon engi) Little Atsumori (Ko-Atsumori) The Crone Fleece (Ubakawa) Interspecies Affairs The Tale of the Mouse (Nezumi no soshi) The Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei monogatari [Kazashi no himegimi]) The Tale of Tamamizu (Tamamizu monogatari) The Tale of a Wild Goose (Kari no soshi) The Stingfish (Okoze) Lady Tamamo (Tamamo no mae soshi) The Tale of the Clam (Hamaguri no soshi) The War of the Twelve Animals (Junirui kassen emaki) The Sparrow's Buddhist Awakening (Suzume no hosshin) English-Language Secondary Sources Permissions ...

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Keller Kimbrough is a professor of Japanese in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan (2008) and the translator of Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater (Columbia, 2013).

Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, is the author and editor of numerous books on Japanese literature, including Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts (Columbia, 2012) and Reading The Tale of Genji: Sources from the First Millennium (Columbia, 2015, coedited with Thomas Harper).

Klappentext

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. With images from the original scroll paintings, it illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Haruo Shirane
Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds
Haseo and the Gambling Stranger (Haseo sshi)
The Tale of the Dirt Spider (Tsuchigumo zshi)
The Demon Shuten Dji (Shuten Dji)
The Demon of Ibuki (Ibuki Dji)
The Tale of Tawara Tda (Tawara Tda monogatari)
The Origins of Hashidate (Hashidate no honji (Bontenkoku)
The Palace of the Tengu (Tengu no dairi)
Yoshitsune's Island-Hopping (Onzshi shima-watari)
The Tale of Amewakahiko (Amewakahiko sshi)
The Origins of the Suwa Deity (Suwa no honji)
Buddhist Tales
The Tale of the Fuji Cave (Fuji no hitoana sshi)
Isozaki (Isozaki)
The Tale of the Handcart Priest (Kuruma-z sshi)
Origins of the Statue of Kannon as a Boy (Chigo Kannon engi)
Little Atsumori (Ko-Atsumori)
The Crone Fleece (Ubakawa)
Interspecies Affairs
The Tale of the Mouse (Nezumi no sshi)
The Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei monogatari [Kazashi no himegimi])
The Tale of Tamamizu (Tamamizu monogatari)
The Tale of a Wild Goose (Kari no sshi)
The Stingfish (Okoze)
Lady Tamamo (Tamamo no mae sshi)
The Tale of the Clam (Hamaguri no sshi)
The War of the Twelve Animals (Jnirui kassen emaki)
The Sparrow's Buddhist Awakening (Suzume no hosshin)
English-Language Secondary Sources
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