Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales by Kimbrough, Keller
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales by Kimbrough, Keller

Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales

Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and...
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Author: Keller Kimbrough
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Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales by Kimbrough, Keller

Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales

$139.68
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales by Kimbrough, Keller

Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales

$139.68
Author: Keller Kimbrough
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan.

These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative--court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples--joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, "Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds," "Buddhist Tales," and "Interspecies Affairs." Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.



Author: Keller Kimbrough
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 02/20/2018
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780231184472


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About the Author
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).
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