Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Noriko T. Reider.
• Authors: Reider, Noriko T
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xi' class='sequence-2'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-3'>Introduction <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-9' class='sequence-4'>Part I: Samurai <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-11' class='sequence-5'>1. Drunken Demon (Shuten Dōji: Ōeyama ekotoba): Imagining the Demon Conquerors <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-62' class='sequence-6'>2. A Tale of an Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo zōshi): The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-87' class='sequence-7'>Part II: Scholars <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-89' class='sequence-8'>3. The Illustrated Story of Minister Kibi's Adventures in China (Kibi daijin nittō emaki): Japanese Consciousness of Foreign Powers and a Secret Code <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-111' class='sequence-9'>4. A Tale of Lord Haseo (Haseo zōshi): Literati, Demons, and Creators of Human Life <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-133' class='sequence-10'>Part III: Women <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-135' class='sequence-11'>5. Tale of Amewakahiko (Amewakahiko sōshi): A Demon in the Sky, a Maiden in Search of Her Husband <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-156' class='sequence-12'>6. Blossom Princess (Hanayo no hime): Japanese Stepdaughter Story and Provincial Customs <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-207' class='sequence-13'>Part IV: It <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-209' class='sequence-14'>7. The Record of Tool Specters (Tsukumogami Ki): Vengeance of Animated Objects and the Illustration of Shingon Truth <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-245' class='sequence-15'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-251' class='sequence-16'>Japanese and Chinese Names and Terms <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-261' class='sequence-17'>Bibliography <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-284' class='sequence-18'>About the Author <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-285' class='sequence-19'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Logan : Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (306 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Folklore & Mythology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607324904
• Related ISBNs: 9781607324898
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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