• Konjaku Monogatarishū (今昔物語集, lit. Anthology of Tales Old and New), also known as the Konjaku Monogatari (今昔物語), is a Japanese collection of over one...
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  • classified as setsuwa literature. Following in the footsteps of Konjaku Monogatarishū, it is the representative setsuwa work of the Kamakura period. Summary...
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  • is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. The story was first published in 1915 in Teikoku Bungaku. Akira...
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    surrounding Merlin. Many legends of Seimei were originally written in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, and by the Edo period, many stories in circulation focused on his...
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    is called "onihitokuchi". In Nihon Ryōiki, The Tales of Ise and Konjaku Monogatarishū, for example, a woman is shown being eaten in one mouthful by a...
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    volumes, starting with publications such as the Nihon Ryōiki and the Konjaku Monogatarishū, and in these publications, mentions of phenomena such as Hyakki...
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    Master of Divination In this tale from the medieval collection Konjaku Monogatarishū, an abandoned wife is found dead with a full head of hair intact...
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    encounters a group of a hundred yōkai which pass by the Ryūsenji temple. Konjaku Monogatarishū (今昔物語集), which tells that during the Jōgan era (859–877), the eldest...
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    and Konjaku Monogatarishū (c. 1120). The text in the former work is written down in kanbun (Chinese text), while the text in the Konjaku Monogatarishū entitled...
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    Kujiki, and of that edition, in particular, remain disputed. The Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of stories published in the late Heian period, contains...
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    Masakado's uncles, Yoshikane among them. On the other hand, the Konjaku Monogatarishū (c. 1120) gives another reason for the conflict, namely that Masakado's...
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    A version of this story may be found in the Japanese anthology, Konjaku Monogatarishū, where the rabbit's companions are instead a fox and a monkey. The...
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    Brothers) Taiheiki (Chronicle of Great Peace) Anecdotal tales. Konjaku Monogatarishū (Tales of Times Now Past) Uji Shūi Monogatari (A Collection of Tales...
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    likely written during the Heian period and was later collected into Konjaku Monogatarishū and Uji Shūi Monogatari. It became popular during the Muromachi...
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  • different sources: A story from the classic Japanese collection "Konjaku Monogatarishū": In the 23rd story of the 29th volume—"The Tale of The Bound Man...
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  • with the hump on his cheek — and Straw Millionaire. This and the Konjaku Monogatarishū (12th century) contain a number of a type of tales called setsuwa...
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    of rakugo is considered to be a humorous story in setsuwa. The Konjaku Monogatarishū and the Uji Shūi Monogatari were setsuwa collections compiled from...
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    women. A similar retelling of the tale appears in the 12th century Konjaku Monogatarishū (volume 31, chapter 33), although the relationship between these...
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  • Onabake Jinja in Ryūgasaki of the same prefecture. Also, in the Konjaku Monogatarishū as well as the "Honchō Koji Innen Shū" (本朝故事因縁集) published in 1689...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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  • appear elsewhere. In collections such as the late Heian period Konjaku Monogatarishū, there are tales of objects having spirits, and in the emakimono...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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    his body to stop his soul from escaping if this should happen. Konjaku Monogatarishū contains the tale "How the Ikiryo Spirit of Omi Province Came and...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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  • Elements of Sadamori's life are mentioned in the folklore volume Konjaku Monogatarishū (Tales of Past and Present).). Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai...
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  • style. Konjaku Monogatarishū was composed in Japan during the late Heian period, though the exact date of completion is unknown. Konjaku Monogatarishū contains...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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    Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...
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    Japanese paintings. This work is based on setsuwa stories written in "Konjaku Monogatarishū" and "Uji Shūi Monogatari", which were compiled between the 12th...
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