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Tales of moonlight and rain / Ueda Akinari ; a study and translation by Anthony H. Chambers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809.
- Series:
- Translations from the Asian classics.
- Translations from the Asian classics
- Standardized Title:
- Ugetsu monogatari. English
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <div><P>First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film <I>Ugetsu</I>. <P>The title <I>Ugetsu monogatari</I> (literally ""rain-moon tales"") alludes to the belief that mysterious beings appear on cloudy, rainy nights and in mornings with a lingering moon. In ""Shiramine,"" the venge
- Contents:
- Shiramine
- The chrysanthemum vow
- The reed-choked house
- The carp of my dreams
- The owl of the three jewels
- The kibitsu cauldron
- A serpent's lust
- The blue hood
- On poverty and wealth.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228).
- ISBN:
- 9780231511247
- 0231511248
- OCLC:
- 818856105
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