MONSTER S, ANIMALS, and OTHER WORLDSA Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Haruo Shirane
Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds
Haseo and the Gambling Stranger Haseo sōshi
The Tale of the Dirt Spider Tsuchigumo zōshi
The Demon Shuten Dōji Shuten Dōji
The Demon of Ibuki Ibuki Dōji
The Tale of Tawara Tōda Tawara Tōda monogatari
The Origins of Hashidate Hashidate no honji (Bontenkoku)
The Palace of the Tengu Tengu no dairi
Yoshitsune’s Island-Hopping Onzōshi shima-watari
The Tale of Amewakahiko Amewakahiko sōshi
The Origins of the Suwa Deity Suwa no honji
Buddhist Tales
The Tale of the Fuji Cave Fuji no hitoana sōshi
Isozaki Isozaki
The Tale of the Handcart Priest Kuruma-zō sōshi
Origins of the Statue of Kannon as a Boy Chigo Kannon engi
Little Atsumori Ko-Atsumori
The Crone Fleece Ubakawa
Interspecies Affairs
The Tale of the Mouse Nezumi no sōshi
The Chrysanthemum Spirit Kiku no sei monogatari (Kazashi no himegimi)
The Tale of Tamamizu Tamamizu monogatari
The Tale of a Wild Goose Kari no sōshi
The Stingfish Okoze
Lady Tamamo Tamamo no mae sōshi
The Tale of the Clam Hamaguri no sōshi
The War of the Twelve Animals Jūnirui kassen emaki
The Sparrow’s Buddhist Awakening Suzume no hosshin
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