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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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reider, Noriko T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.