The Straw Sandal Or The Scroll of the Hundred Crabs

Informationen zum Autor Carmen Blacker is widely known for her work on Fukuzawa Yukichi ( The Japanese Enlightenment , 1964), shamanistic practices in Japan ( The Catalpa Bow , 1975, republished in paperback 1999), and folklore and divinations ( Ancient Cosmologies , 1975, and Divination and Oracles 1981 - both with Michael Loewe). In 1996, she published (with Edward Shils) Cambridge Women , and in 2000, her Collected Writings . Klappentext Carmen Blacker's spirited translation of Santo Kyoden's Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge, providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introductions; Dramatis Personae; List of Illustrations; 1 The Straw Sandal of Spite; 2 The Candle before the Wind; 3 'Secret Contrivances and Plots' 4 The Hovel of Strange Stratagems; 5 The Gratitude of the Smallpox Kami; 6 The Karmic Snake; 7 The Curse of the Poisonous Rats; 8 A Swift Horse on a Dark Night; 9 The Peril of the Wayside Temple; 10 The Vision of Fallen Leaves; 11 The Biwa with the Broken String; 12 The Drums of Hell; 13 The Turmoil at the Temple; 14 The Saviour from the Enemy House; 15 The Luck of the Solitary Goose; 16 The Strange Power of the Old Master; 17 The Snowy Valley and the Bear that Got Away; 18 The Quarrel in the Pleasure Quarter; 19 The Lightning Sword; 20 The Reward of Virtue; Appendix: A Lost Fragment

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Santo Kyoden, Santo/ Blacker Kyoden, Sant&, Sant&333;, Ky&den Sant&333;, Ky¿den Sant¿
• Mitarbeit: Carmen Blacker (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: University of hawaii press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9781905246649
• ISBN: 978-1-905246-64-9
• Seiten: 166
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Global Oriental
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft