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...

classified as setsuwa literature. Following in the footsteps of Konjaku Monogatarishū, it is the representative setsuwa work of the Kamakura period. Summary...

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...

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...

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...

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...

volumes, starting with publications such as the Nihon Ryōiki and the Konjaku Monogatarishū, and in these publications, mentions of phenomena such as Hyakki...

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...

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...

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...

Kujiki, and of that edition, in particular, remain disputed. The Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of stories published in the late Heian period, contains...

Brothers) Taiheiki (Chronicle of Great Peace) Anecdotal tales. Konjaku Monogatarishū (Tales of Times Now Past) Uji Shūi Monogatari (A Collection of Tales...

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...

likely written during the Heian period and was later collected into Konjaku Monogatarishū and Uji Shūi Monogatari. It became popular during the Muromachi...

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...

of rakugo is considered to be a humorous story in setsuwa. The Konjaku Monogatarishū and the Uji Shūi Monogatari were setsuwa collections compiled from...

women. A similar retelling of the tale appears in the 12th century Konjaku Monogatarishū (volume 31, chapter 33), although the relationship between these...

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...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

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...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

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...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

appear elsewhere. In collections such as the late Heian period Konjaku Monogatarishū, there are tales of objects having spirits, and in the emakimono...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

Japanese mythology and folklore Mythic texts Fudoki Kogo Shūi Kojiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Kujiki Nihon Ryōiki Nihon Shoki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume...

style. Konjaku Monogatarishū was composed in Japan during the late Heian period, though the exact date of completion is unknown. Konjaku Monogatarishū contains...

Elements of Sadamori's life are mentioned in the folklore volume Konjaku Monogatarishū (Tales of Past and Present).). Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai...

Japanese paintings. This work is based on setsuwa stories written in "Konjaku Monogatarishū" and "Uji Shūi Monogatari", which were compiled between the 12th...