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Seven demon stories from medieval Japan /
"Seven oni stories from medieval Japan, translated for an English-speaking audience. In Japanese culture, oni are ubiquitous supernatural creatures, some great and some small, some mischievous, others dangerous, who play important roles in literature, lore, and folk belief"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I SAMURAI
- 1. Drunken Demon (Shuten Doji: Oeyama ekotobd): Imagining the Demon Conquerors
- Shuten Doji Texts
- Oeyama ekotoba Picture Scrolls
- Plot Summary of Oeyama ekotoba
- Demon Conquerors
- Minamoto no Raiko (or Yorimitsu)
- Fujiwara no Hosho (or Yasumasa)
- Shitenno (Four Guardian Kings)
- Extra-Literary Sources: Relation between the Narrative and Historical Events
- Translation of Oeyama ekotoba
- 2. Tale of an Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo zoshi): The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider
- Tsuchigumo zoshi Picture Scroll
- Plot Summary of Tsuchigumo zoshi
- Illustrations
- Tsuchigumo in Ancient Literature
- Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider) in Nihon shoki
- Kumo (Spider) in Nihon shoki
- Appearance of Supernatural Tsuchigumo in Medieval Japan
- Oni versus Tsuchigumo
- Tsuchigumo zoshi and the "Swords Chapter"
- Maiden and Spider in the Noh Play Tsuchigumo
- Translation of Tsuchigumo zoshi
- pt. II SCHOLARS
- 3. Illustrated Story of Minister Kibi's Adventures in China (Kibi daijin nitto emaki): Japanese Consciousness of Foreign Powers and a Secret Code
- Illustrated Story of Minister Kibi's Adventures in China
- Plot Summary of The Illustrated Story of Minister Kibi's Adventures in China
- Condition of The Illustrated Story of Minister Kibi's Adventures in China
- Historical Characters
- Kibi no Makibi, the Minister
- Abe no Nakamaro, an Oni
- What The Illustrated Story Tells Us
- Japanese Foreign Diplomacy toward Superpowers
- Internal Political Affairs: Cloistered Emperor GoShirakawa
- Kibi's Position as the Ancestor of Japanese Onmyodo
- Translation of Kibi daijin nitto emaki
- 4. Tale of Lord Haseo (Haseo zoshi): Literati, Demons, and Creators of Human Life
- Tale of the Lord Haseo Picture Scroll
- Plot Summary of A Tale of Lord Haseo
- Scroll's Sources and Prototypes
- Literati as Main Characters
- Seeing an Oni: Literati and Gates
- Ki no Haseo, a Scholar-Poet-Bureaucrat
- Kitano Tenjin: Benevolent and Vengeful Spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
- Belief in Out's Secret Recipe to Create Humans
- From Senjusho
- From Yin-Yang Scriptures
- From Buddhist Writings
- Role of the Beautiful Woman
- Influence on Modern Literature and Media
- Translation of Haseo zoshi
- pt. III WOMEN
- 5. Tale of Amewakahiko [Amewakahiko soshi): A Demon in the Sky, a Maiden in Search of Her Husband
- Plot Summary of the Tale of Amewakahiko Picture Scrolls
- Tale of Amewakahiko Picture Scrolls
- Origins of the Tale of Amewakahiko
- Quian Luwei Tale and Kojiki
- Cupid and Psyche
- Translation of Amewakahiko soshi
- 6. Blossom Princess (Hanayo no hime): Japanese Stepdaughter Story and Provincial Customs
- Texts of Blossom Princess
- Plot Summary of Blossom Princess
- Yamauba and Kannon
- Blossom Princess and Mukashibanashi
- "Ubakawa" and "Komebuku Awabuku"
- Legends of "Obasute" (Deserted Old Woman)
- Summary of Comparisons and Contrasts of Four Stories
- Great Bodhisattva of Mt. Fuji
- Contemporary Beliefs and Customs Reflected in Blossom Princess
- Shuto-iri (The Bride's Father Enters His Son-in-Law's House for the First Time)
- Blossom Princess's Right to Inheritance
- Translation of Hanayo no hime
- pt. IV IT
- 7. Record of Tool Specters (Tsukumogami ki): Vengeance of Animated Objects and the Illustration of Shingon Truth
- Tsukumogami ki Texts and Plot Summary
- Date of the Texts
- Tsukumogami ki: Entertainment and Edification
- Word Play on ki
- Parody on Shuten Doji
- Wordplay on the Tide Tsukumogami ki
- Edification, Memorial Services, and Financial Profits
- Appellation "Tsukumogami"
- Etymology of Tsukumogami
- Longevity and Special Power: From Aging Demonic Animals to Demonic Tool Specters
- Belief in Animate Objects before and during the Medieval Period
- Translation of Tsukumogami ki.