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A collection of twenty-eight weird and wonderful stories by the writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), inspired by Japanese folk tales and introduced by Andrei CodrescuA collection of twenty-eight brilliant and strange stories, inspired by Japanese folk tales and written by renowned Western expatriate Lafcadio Hearn. Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) was one of the nineteenth century’s best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn was a true prodigy and world traveler. He worked as a reporter in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission from Harper’s. There, he married a Japanese woman from a samurai family, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, and became a Japanese subject. An avid collector of traditional Japanese tales, legends, and myths, Hearn taught literature and wrote his own tales for both Japanese and Western audiences. Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn brings together twenty-eight of Hearn’s strangest and most entertaining stories in one elegant volume. Hearn’s tales span a variety of genres. Many are fantastical ghost stories, such as “The Corpse-Rider,” in which a man foils the attempts of his former wife’s ghost to haunt him. Some are love stories in which the beloved is not what she appears to be: in “The Story of Aoyagi,” a young samurai narrowly escapes the wrath of his lord for marrying without permission, only to discover that his wife is the spirit of a willow tree. Throughout this collection, Hearn’s reverence for Japan shines through, and his stories provide insights into the country’s artistic and cultural heritage.

J5620 --- J5590 --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Literature -- foreign literature about Japan

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Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. With images from the original scroll paintings, it illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture.

Otogi-zōshi. --- Japanese fiction --- Japanese prose literature --- Otogi-zZoshi. --- Otogi-zoshi --- J5620 --- J5924 --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose -- Kamakura and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) --- E-books

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"Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena known as "yōkai," creating a culture by turns infused with unease, fear, and divinity. Tsukimono spirit possessions. Fearsome kappa, oni, and tengu. Yamauba crones. Ghostly yūrei. Otherworldly ijin ... Where did they come from? Why do they remain so popular? Written by Japan's premier scholar of yōkai and strange tales, this book is both an introduction to the rich imagination and spirituality of Japan's yōkai culture and a history of the authors and writings that have shaped yōkai studies as a field"--Back cover.

J1723.80 --- J5620 --- Japan: Religion in general -- demonology --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Yōkai (Japanese folklore). --- Animals, Mythical --- Demonology --- Ghosts --- Monsters --- Folklore --- Ungeheuer. --- Dämon. --- Geister. --- Fee. --- Monstres --- Esprits. --- Démonologie. --- Bestiaires (genre littéraire) --- Créatures fabuleuses. --- Mythologie japonaise. --- Fantastique. --- Japan.

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Arts martiaux --- S18/0350 --- S16/0250 --- J5620 --- J4202.10 --- China: Music and sports--Wushu, martial arts --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Popular poetry, folksongs, storytelling --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi

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A familiar, beloved, and yet misunderstood character in the Japanese folktale tradition is the animal-woman, an earthly animal that assumes the form of a female human. In order to articulate the characteristics that make Japanese Animal-Wife tales unique, this trailblazing book Japanese Animal-Wife Tales: Narrating Gender Reality in Japanese Folktale Tradition challenges long-held characterizations of them in folklore scholarship. By re-examining the gender-specific behaviors of both the animal-woman and her human spouse, the book recovers the sociocultural and historical contexts that underlay their behaviors to demonstrate the actual gender characteristics that shaped the original Japanese Animal-Wife tales, highlighting the assertive, rather than naïve, personality of women in early Japanese folktale tradition. This new approach to the study of Japanese folktales and culture will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields, including Japanese studies, comparative folklore studies, culture studies, Asian studies, and anthropology. --Provided by publisher.

Relations homme-animal --- Folklore --- Contes --- Études sur le genre --- Anthropologie --- Human-animal relationships --- Man-woman relationships --- Japan --- Nihon --- Nippon --- Iapōnia --- Zhāpān --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Yapan --- Japon --- Japão --- Japam --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Yīpun --- Jih-pen --- Riben --- Government of Japan --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Nipponkoku --- Nippon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nihon-koku --- State of Japan --- Япония --- Japani --- اليابان --- al-Yābān --- يابان --- Yābān --- Japonsko --- Giappone --- Japonia --- Japonya --- Folklore. --- Female-male relationships --- Male-female relationships --- Men --- Men-women relationships --- Relationships, Man-woman --- Woman-man relationships --- Women --- Women-men relationships --- Interpersonal relations --- Mate selection --- Animal-human relationships --- Animal-man relationships --- Animals and humans --- Human beings and animals --- Man-animal relationships --- Relationships, Human-animal --- Animals --- Relations with women --- Relations with men --- J5620 --- J4176 --- Japan: Literature -- folk tales, fairy tales, mukashibanashi, ghost stories --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс