The demon at Agi Bridge and other Japanese tales
By: translated by Burton Watson ; edited, with introductions, by Haruo Shirane
Series: Translations from the Asian classics
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780231152440; 9780231152457; 9780231526302
Subjects: Japanese Folk literature; Tales; Japanese literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to anecdotal (Setsuwa) literature; title: Record of miraculous events in Japan (Nihon ryōiki); title: Tales of times now past (Konjaku monogatarishū); title: A collection of tales from Uji (Uji shūi monogatari); title: A companion in solitude (Kankyo no tomo); title: A collection of things written and heard in the past and present (Kokon chomonju); title: Tales of renunciation (Senjoshū); title: Collection of sand and pebbles (Shasekishū).