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02553aam a2200409 i 4500 001 4988EBD447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150821010155 008 150304s2015 vtu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015003755 020 $a 4805313412 020 $a 9784805313411 035 $a (OCoLC)907494457 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d NYP $d UIB $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ja 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ja--- 050 00 $a PL787.K62 $b E5 2015 082 00 $a 895.63/14 $2 23 130 0 $a Konjaku monogatari. $k Selections. $l English. 245 10 $a Japanese tales from times past : $b stories of fantasy and folklore from the Konjaku monogatari shu : new translations from Japan's most famous collection of folk wisdom / $c translated by Naoshi Koriyama and Bruce Allen ; with a foreword by Karen Thornber. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a North Clarendon, VT : $b Tuttle Publishing, $c [2015] 300 $a 288 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Folk literature, Japanese $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a Japanese literature $y Heian period, 794-1185 $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a Buddhist legends $v Translations into English. 651 0 $a Japan $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 700 1 $a KoÌriyama, Naoshi, $d 1926- $e translator. 700 1 $a Allen, Bruce, $d 1949- $e translator. 700 1 $a Thornber, Karen Laura, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006090424.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151010010143.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4988EBD447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search