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Tales of Times Now Past : Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ury, Marian.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 1993.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies
Subjects:	Electronic books.
Online Access:	Click to View

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on Texts
Select Bibliography
Konjaku Monogatari Shu
Tales of India
Chapter One
1. How Śākyamuni Tathāgata Came to Dwell in the World of Men
8. How Śākyamuni Preached the Dharma to Five Bhikshus
11. How the Buddha Entered a City of the Brahmans to Beg Food
18. How the Buddha Converted Nanda and Caused Him to Renounce Secular Life
Chapter Two
1. About the Death of the Buddha's Father, King Śuddhodana
21. How a God Heard the Dharma and Obtained the Clear Vision of the Dharma Eye
Chapter Three
14. About King Prasenajit's Daughter Ugly Adamantina
28. What the Buddha Said to the Sangha When He Was About to Enter Nirvana
Chapter Four
9. How Bodhidharma of India Went to This Place and That Observing the Devotions of the Monks
24. How Nāgārjuna, While a Layman, Made a Charm for Invisibility
34. How Two Brothers, Men of India, Carried Gold through the Mountains
41. How a Man for Love of His Child Went to King Yama's Palace
Chapter Five
2. How a King Went into the Mountains to Hunt Deer and Was Robbed of His Daughter by a Lion
13. How the Three Beasts Practiced the Way of the Bodhisattva and the Rabbit Roasted Himself
Tales of China
Chapter Six
34. How a Novice of the K'ung-kuan Ssu in China Viewed the Lotus-Matrix World and Returned to Life
35. How Sun Hsüan-te Copied the Wreath Sutra
Chapter Seven
18. How a Nun of Ho-tung in China Chanted the Lotus Sutra and How the Text She Read from Was Altered
Chapter Nine
4. How Someone in Lu-chou Killed a Neighbor and Was Not Punished
44. How Mo Yeh of China Made a Sword and Presented It to the King and How His Son, Broad-of-Brow, Was Killed
45. How Hou Ku Tricked His Father and Prevented an Unfilial Act
Chapter Ten.
1. How Shih-huang of Ch'in Governed from His Palace at Hsien-yang
8. How Wu Chao-hsiao of China Saw a Poem on the Water and Loved Its Author
12. How Chuang Tzu Went to Someone's House and How His Host Killed a Goose to Serve with the Wine
13. How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behavior of Dumb Creatures and Fled
Tales of Buddhism in Japan
Chapter Eleven
3. How E no Ubasoku Recited Spells and Employed Demonic Deities
4. How the Venerable Dōshō Went to China, Was Transmitted the Hossō Teachings, and Returned Home
Chapter Twelve
28. How a Government Clerk of Higo Province Escaped a Rakshasa
Chapter Thirteen
10. How the Sutra Chanter Shunchō Exhibited the Lotus Sutra's Efficacy
39. About Two Men in Izumo Province, Reciters of the Wreath and Lotus Sutras
Chapter Fourteen
3. How a Monk of the Dōjōji in the Province of Kii Copied the Lotus Sutra and Brought Salvation to Serpents
5. About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra to Save the Soul of a Fox
Chapter Fifteen
28. How a Priest of Chinzei Who Ate Carrion Was Reborn in Paradise
Chapter Sixteen
17. How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchü Province, Became the Husband of a Fox and Was Saved by Kannon
20. How Travelers from Chinzei, Through Kannon's Aid, Escaped Being Killed by Bandits
32. How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form through Kannon's Aid
Chapter Seventeen
1. About a Monk Who Prayed to Meet a Manifestation of the Bodhisattva Jizō
2. How Ki no Mochikata Worshipped Jizō and Benefited from His Favor
44. How a Monk through Bishamonten's Aid Begot Gold and Obtained a Means of Support
Chapter Nineteen
8. How a Falconer in the Western Part of the Capital Renounced Secular Life Because of a Dream
24. About the Monk Whose Name Was Entered on a Petition to the God of Mount T'ai to Take the Place of His Master
Chapter Twenty.
35. How Shinkai, a Monk of Mount Hiei, Suffered Retribution in This Present Life for Jealousy
Secular Tales of Japan
Chapter Twenty-Two
8. How Great Minister Tokihira Got Major Counselor Kunitsune's Wife
Chapter Twenty-Three
14. How Taira no Munetsune, Lieutenant of the Left Division of the Outer Palace Guards, Escorted High Priest Myōson
Chapter Twenty-Four
2. How Prince Kaya Made a Doll and Set It Up in the Ricefields
23. How Minamoto no Hiromasa Ason Went to the Blind Man's House at Ōsaka
24. How the Lute Genjō Was Snatched by an Oni
Chapter Twenty-Five
11. How Fujiwara no Chikataka's Son Was Taken Hostage by a Robber and Freed through Yorinobu's Persuasion
Chapter Twenty-Six
9. How Men of Kaga Province Who Went to an Island Where a Snake Was Warring with a Centipede Aided the Snake and Settled in the Island
Chapter Twenty-Seven
15. How a Woman Who Was Bearing a Child Went to South Yamashina, Encountered an Oni, and Escaped
22. How the Hunters' Mother Became an Oni and Tried to Devour Her Children
29. About the Two Wet-Nurses in the House of Middle Captain Masamichi Who Looked Exactly Alike
41. How the Fox of Kōyagawa Turned into a Woman and Rode on Horses' Croups
Chapter Twenty-Eight
5. How Tamemori, the Governor of Echizen, Subdued the Junior Officers of the Six Companies of the Guards
11. How Kaishu, the Intendant of Gion, Was Given as a Fee for Chanting the Sutras
38. How Fujiwara no Nobutada, Governor of Shinano, Took a Tumble at Misaka
Chapter Twenty-Nine
18. How a Thief Climbed to the Upper Story of Rashō Gate and Saw a Corpse
23. How a Man Who Was Accompanying His Wife to Tanba Province Got Trussed Up at Ōeyama
28. How a Beggar Who Lived in the Area South of Kiyomizu Used a Woman to Lure Men into His House and Killed Them
Chapter Thirty.
5. How a Poor Man Left His Wife, and How She Became the Wife of the Governor of Settsu
Chapter Thirty-One
7. How the Minor Controller of the Right Moroie no Ason Encountered a Woman and Died
31. About the Old Woman Who Sold Fish at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince's Guard
37. About the Great Oak in Kurumoto District in Ōmi Province.

Tales of Times Now Past : Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection.

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