Konjaku Monogatarishū (今昔物語集, lit. Anthology of Tales from the Past), also known as the Konjaku Monogatari (今昔物語) is a Japanese collection of over one...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

which he inherited his bow. Suetake is the subject of a tale in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of folk legends compiled in the late Heian period...

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...

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

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...

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...

folklore Mythic texts Kojiki Nihon Shoki Fudoki Kujiki Kogo Shūi Konjaku Monogatarishū Nihon Ryōiki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume Inari Izanagi Izanami...

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

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...

folklore Mythic texts Kojiki Nihon Shoki Fudoki Kujiki Kogo Shūi Konjaku Monogatarishū Nihon Ryōiki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume Inari Izanagi Izanami...

Garland of Heroes, Otogi Boko, Ise Monogatari, Nihon Ryōiki, and Konjaku Monogatarishū. Japanese literature researcher Noriko T. Reider observed that "more...

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...

and myths Kojiki Nihon Shoki Kujiki Hotsuma Tsutae Nihon Ryōiki Konjaku Monogatarishū Sacred objects Amenonuhoko Sesshō-seki Tonbokiri Three Sacred Treasures...

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

folklore Mythic texts Kojiki Nihon Shoki Fudoki Kujiki Kogo Shūi Konjaku Monogatarishū Nihon Ryōiki Divinities Amaterasu Ame-no-Uzume Inari Izanagi Izanami...

和魂 (also read Wakon) is a contraction of Yamato-damashii. The Konjaku Monogatarishū (circa 1120) first uses it describing a burglar who murdered a nattering...

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...