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The straw sandal, or, The scroll of the hundred crabs : Mukashi-banashi inazuma-byoshi
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ISBN: 1283470608 9786613470607 9004213295 9789004213296 9781283470605 9781905246649 1905246641 Year: 2008 Publisher: Folkestone : Global Oriental,

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Carmen Blacker’s spirited translation of Santo Kyoden’s Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi (from which the title ‘The Straw Sandal’ is taken), considered by Aston to be his masterpiece, reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge – Japanese-style, thereby providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature. Aston makes the point that the plot of this late-eighteenth-century novel, developed over twenty chapters or episodes, is so complicated that ‘it is impossible to give an adequate summary…’ But he goes on to promise several murders, a harakiri and other suicides, terrific combats, hairbreadth escapes, strange meetings and surprising recognitions. In addition, there are scenes of witchcraft and enchantment with dreams, magic terrors and ghosts who rove by night. The Straw Sandal, which contains most of the original black and white woodblock prints together with textual notes added by the translator, will surely be widely welcomed both in the world of literature as well as that of Japanese Studies.

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Carmen Blacker : scholar of Japanese religion, myth and folkelore : writings and reflections
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ISBN: 189882357X 1898823561 Year: 2017 Publisher: Folkestone : Renaissance Books,

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Carmen Blacker was an outstanding scholar of Japanese culture, known internationally for her writings on religion, myth and folklore her most notable work being The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan. Importantly, a third of the volume comprises significant extracts from the author s diaries covering a period of more than forty years, together with a plate section drawn from the her extensive photographic archive, thus providing a rare opportunity to gain a personal insight into the author s life and work. The volume includes a wide selection of writings from distinguished scholars such as Donald Keene and Peter Kornicki, and her former pupils James McMullen and John Breen in celebration of her work and legacy, or as contributors to the Carmen Blacker Lecture Series, together with a selection of various essays and papers by Carmen Blacker herself that have hitherto not been widely available. In addition to her scholarship, Carmen Blacker was also highly regarded for her work in promoting Japanese Studies at Cambridge and supported the revival of the Japan Society after the war and was its first editor. She served for many years on the Society s Council and gave a number of lectures.


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Carmen Blacker : scholar of Japanese religion, myth and folkelore : writings and reflections
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ISBN: 9781898823575 9781898823568 189882357X 1898823561 Year: 2017 Publisher: Folkestone : Renaissance Books,

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Carmen Blacker was an outstanding scholar of Japanese culture, known internationally for her writings on religion, myth and folklore her most notable work being The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan. Importantly, a third of the volume comprises significant extracts from the author s diaries covering a period of more than forty years, together with a plate section drawn from the her extensive photographic archive, thus providing a rare opportunity to gain a personal insight into the author s life and work. The volume includes a wide selection of writings from distinguished scholars such as Donald Keene and Peter Kornicki, and her former pupils James McMullen and John Breen in celebration of her work and legacy, or as contributors to the Carmen Blacker Lecture Series, together with a selection of various essays and papers by Carmen Blacker herself that have hitherto not been widely available. In addition to her scholarship, Carmen Blacker was also highly regarded for her work in promoting Japanese Studies at Cambridge and supported the revival of the Japan Society after the war and was its first editor. She served for many years on the Society s Council and gave a number of lectures.

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