Tales of Tears and Laughter: Short Fiction of Medieval Japan

Skord, Virginia

The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.

Collectability score

A fascinating scholarly revival of medieval Japanese otogizōshi, brimming with folkloric whimsy, supernatural oddities, and period illustrations.

EAN

9780824815691

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

1 August 1993

Pages

256

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