Japanese tales
(1987)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
398.20952/JAPANESE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [1987]
©1987
©1987
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
lvi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780375714511, 0394521900, 9780394521909, 0394756568, 9780394756561, 0375714510, 9780375714511
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Contains over 200 tales from medieval Japan
CONTENTS
Oak, melon, gourd, angel, flea --
Suprises --
Haunts --
Monk jokes --
Buddhist beginnings --
Gods --
Tengu and dragons --
Pure hearts --
Music and dance --
Magic --
Sexes --
Yin-yang wizardry --
Robbers --
Healing --
Escapes --
Foxes --
Ascetics --
Oddities --
Golden peak and the omine mountains --
Turtles and a crab --
Desire --
Paradise --
Tengu, boar, and badger --
Healing --
Love and loss --
Snakes --
Robbers --
Lotus tales --
Boys --
Paradise II --
Yin-yang wizardry II --
Demons --
Plenty --
Odd paths to salvation --
Water --
Closed worlds --
Haunts II --
Dreams --
Scares and nightmares --
Foxes II --
Beyond the rules --
Parent and child