Ury, Marian.

Tales of Times Now Past – Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection. Translated and with an Introduction by Marian Ury.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1979. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XI, 199 pages. Eight black-and-white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design by Randall Goodall. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

A translation of sixty-two outstanding tales of ‘Konjaku monogatari shu’ a Japanese anthology dating from the early twelfth century with tales from India, China and Japan.
Stories include, for example, from India: How the Buddha Entered a City of the Brahmans to Beg Food / About King Prasenajit’s Daughter Ugly Adamantina / How Two Brothers, Men of Inida, Carried Gold Through the Mountains / etc.
Tales of China, including, for example: How Someone in Lu-chou Killed a Neighbor and Was Not Punished / How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behaviour of Dumb Creatures and Fled / etc.
Tales of Buddhism in Japan, for example: About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra to Save the Soul of a Fox / How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form through Kannon’s Aid / etc.

• Keywords: 12th Century · Anthology · Buddhism · Catalogue Ten – International Literature · Eastern Literature – Rare · Eastern Philosophy – Rare · Japan · Japanese · Japanese Culture · Japanese fiction · Japanese Literature · Japanese Literature – Rare · Medieval · Medieval Literature · Short Stories · Translation from French · Translations from foreign languages
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520038649
• Inventory Number: 200082AB

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