Lotus & Other Tales of Medieval Japan
Paul McCarthy, Takeshi Umehara
ISBN: | 9781462901111 |
Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
Published: | 15 March, 1997 |
Format: | eBook |
Lotus & Other Tales of Medieval Japan
Paul McCarthy, Takeshi Umehara
These classic Japanese short stories are masterfully translated and a joy to read. The medieval period in Japan, spanning the years from about 1200 to 1600, was a time of rapid cultural development that saw the emergence and refinement of many new art forms. One of these was the religious folk tale, or setsuwa, many collections of which were compiled during this time. Like the classic fables and parables of the West, these stories are varied in origin, many of them collected from Indian and Chin
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