Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese worldview during a classic period in Japanese civilization. Masterfully edited and translated by the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji , these stories ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished though perennially fascinating culture.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) Monday, July 27 2009.

• Added a contributor: Royall Tyler: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• In Kurita county of Omi province there once grew a giant oak tree.