{"product_id":"japanese-tales-isbn-9780375714511","title":"Japanese Tales","description":"Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, 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 civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith black-and-white illustrations throughout\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library\u003c\/i\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION xvii\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCTION xix\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e OAK, MELON, GOURD, ANGEL, FLEA \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Giant Oak 3\u003cbr\u003e 2. Melon Magic 3\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Sparrow’s Gifts 4\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Maiden from the Sky 7\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Flea 9\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e SURPRISES \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Little Spider 9\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Flash in the Palace 10\u003cbr\u003e 8. Salt Fish and Doctored Wine 10\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Tapeworm’s Bad End 14\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Toad to Reckon With 15\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e HAUNTS \u003cbr\u003e 11. Better Late Than Early 16\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Ravenous Storehouse 17\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Grisly Box 18\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Bridge 19\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Rooted Corpse 22\u003cbr\u003e 16. An Old, Old Ghost 23\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e MONK JOKES \u003cbr\u003e 17. Syrup 24\u003cbr\u003e 18. Not Quite the Right Robe 25\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Nose 25\u003cbr\u003e 20. Two Buckets of Marital Bliss 27\u003cbr\u003e 21. Home in a Chest 29\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e BUDDHIST BEGINNINGS \u003cbr\u003e 22. The Emperor’s Finger 30\u003cbr\u003e 23. Japan’s Finest Gold 31\u003cbr\u003e 24. Gyōgi and Baramon 33\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Old Mackerel Peddler 34\u003cbr\u003e 26. Kōbō Daishi 35\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Kannon in the Pine 37\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e GODS \u003cbr\u003e 28. Very Kind of Him, No Doubt 38\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Dog and His Wife 39\u003cbr\u003e 30. An Old God Renewed 40\u003cbr\u003e 31. Come to My Kasuga Mountain! 42\u003cbr\u003e 32. Princess Glory 46\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e TENGU AND DRAGONS \u003cbr\u003e 33. The Murmuring of the Sea 47\u003cbr\u003e 34. Japan Means Trouble! 48\u003cbr\u003e 35. The Invincible Pair 52\u003cbr\u003e 36. Rain 53\u003cbr\u003e 37. No Dragon 55\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e PURE HEARTS \u003cbr\u003e 38. Things As They Are 56\u003cbr\u003e 39. The Portrait 57\u003cbr\u003e 40. What the Beans Were Saying 57\u003cbr\u003e 41. Mercy 58\u003cbr\u003e 42. Among the Flowers 59\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e MUSIC AND DANCE \u003cbr\u003e 43. For Love of Song 60\u003cbr\u003e 44. Three Angels 61\u003cbr\u003e 45. Give Me Music! 61\u003cbr\u003e 46. The Weight of Tradition 62\u003cbr\u003e 47. The God of Good Fortune 63\u003cbr\u003e 48. Divine Applause 67\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e MAGIC \u003cbr\u003e 49. Bring Back That Ferry! 67\u003cbr\u003e 50. The Man-Made Friend 68\u003cbr\u003e 51. The Laughing Fit 70\u003cbr\u003e 52. Small-Time Magic 72\u003cbr\u003e 53. The Little Oil Jar 75\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e THE SEXES \u003cbr\u003e 54. A Hard Moment 76\u003cbr\u003e 55. A Nice Mug of Molten Copper 77\u003cbr\u003e 56. The Little Bottle of Tears 78\u003cbr\u003e 57. Elimination 78\u003cbr\u003e 58. But She Couldn’t Help It! 81\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e YIN-YANG WIZARDRY \u003cbr\u003e 59. The Genie 82\u003cbr\u003e 60. One Frog Less 83\u003cbr\u003e 61. The Spellbound Pirates 83\u003cbr\u003e 62. The Test 84\u003cbr\u003e 63. Man’s Best Friend 85\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ROBBERS \u003cbr\u003e 64. Genjō 87\u003cbr\u003e 65. The Rashō Gate 88\u003cbr\u003e 66. The Selfless Thief 89\u003cbr\u003e 67. Authority 90\u003cbr\u003e 68. The Wrestler’s Sister 92\u003cbr\u003e 69. To Sooth the Savage Breast 93\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e HEALING \u003cbr\u003e 70. The Buddha with Lots of Hands 94\u003cbr\u003e 71. The Protector Spirit 94\u003cbr\u003e 72. The Flying Storehouse 95\u003cbr\u003e 73. No Respect 97\u003cbr\u003e 74. The Invisible Man 99\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ESCAPES \u003cbr\u003e 75. Dyeing Castle 102\u003cbr\u003e 76. Taken In 104\u003cbr\u003e 77. The Sacrifice 107\u003cbr\u003e 78. The Lure 110\u003cbr\u003e 79. Just Like a Bird 113\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e FOXES \u003cbr\u003e 80. Enough Is Enough! 114\u003cbr\u003e 81. The Loving Fox 115\u003cbr\u003e 82. Touched in the Head 116\u003cbr\u003e 83. Yam Soup 118\u003cbr\u003e 84. The Eviction 122\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ASCETICS \u003cbr\u003e 85. Incense Smoke 124\u003cbr\u003e 86. The Blessing 125\u003cbr\u003e 87. Another Flying Jar 126\u003cbr\u003e 88. The Wizard of the Mountain 127\u003cbr\u003e 89. An Awful Fall 130\u003cbr\u003e 90. The Ricepoop Saint 131\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ODDITIES \u003cbr\u003e 91. What the Storm Washed In 132\u003cbr\u003e 92. Sea Devils 133\u003cbr\u003e 93. The Dancing Mountain 134\u003cbr\u003e 94. The Best-Laid Plans 135\u003cbr\u003e 95. Real Flames at Last! 136\u003cbr\u003e 96. The Painted Horse 137\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e GOLDEN PEAK AND THE ŌMINE MOUNTAINS \u003cbr\u003e 97. A Model Demon 137\u003cbr\u003e 98. The River of Snakes 138\u003cbr\u003e 99. The Wine Spring 139\u003cbr\u003e 100. Very High in the Mountains 141\u003cbr\u003e 101. The God of Fire and Thunder 144\u003cbr\u003e 102. The God of Golden Peak 149\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e TURTLES AND A CRAB \u003cbr\u003e 103. The Thunder Turtle 150\u003cbr\u003e 104. The Catch 151\u003cbr\u003e 105. The Grateful Turtle 152\u003cbr\u003e 106. Urashima the Fisherman 154\u003cbr\u003e 107. The Grateful Crab 156\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e DESIRE \u003cbr\u003e 108. Young Lust 157\u003cbr\u003e 109. The Pretty Girl 158\u003cbr\u003e 110. Mesmerized 159\u003cbr\u003e 111. Red Heat 160\u003cbr\u003e 112. Lovesick 162\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e PARADISE \u003cbr\u003e 113. Gone, Body and Soul 163\u003cbr\u003e 114. Paradise in the Palm of the Hand 164\u003cbr\u003e 115. No Compromise 165\u003cbr\u003e 116. The Failure 168\u003cbr\u003e 117. Letters from Paradise 169\u003cbr\u003e 118. Not Exactly the Land of Bliss 171\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e TENGU, BOAR, AND BADGER \u003cbr\u003e 119. One Last Shower of Petals 172\u003cbr\u003e 120. Inspiring, Unfortunately 173\u003cbr\u003e 121. No Fool, the Hunter 174\u003cbr\u003e 122. The Hairy Arm 176\u003cbr\u003e 123. Expert Help 176\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e HEALING \u003cbr\u003e 124. Rice Cakes 177\u003cbr\u003e 125. A Memorable Empress 178\u003cbr\u003e 126. Quite a Stink 181\u003cbr\u003e 127. The Master 182\u003cbr\u003e 128. A Simple Cure 184\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e LOVE AND LOSS \u003cbr\u003e 129. A Beloved Wife, a Bow, a White Bird 185\u003cbr\u003e 130. The Unknown Third 186\u003cbr\u003e 131. An Image in a Flame 187\u003cbr\u003e 132. The Forsaken Lady 188\u003cbr\u003e 133. She Died Long Ago 190\u003cbr\u003e 134. I Saw It in a Dream 191\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e SNAKES \u003cbr\u003e 135. The Snake Charmer 193\u003cbr\u003e 136. The Tug-of-War 194\u003cbr\u003e 137. As Deep As the Sea 195\u003cbr\u003e 138. What the Snake had in Mind 196\u003cbr\u003e 139. Red Plum Blossoms 197\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ROBBERS II \u003cbr\u003e 140. The Enigma 199\u003cbr\u003e 141. Wasps 200\u003cbr\u003e 142. Without Even a Fight 202\u003cbr\u003e 143. The Temple Bell 203\u003cbr\u003e 144. The Dead Man Wakes 205\u003cbr\u003e 145. Cowed 206\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e LOTUS TALES \u003cbr\u003e 146. The Bloody Sword 207\u003cbr\u003e 147. A Plea from Hell 208\u003cbr\u003e 148. The Voice from the Cave 209\u003cbr\u003e 149. Incorrigible 211\u003cbr\u003e 150. The Pirate’s Story 215\u003cbr\u003e 151. A Little Lesson 217\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e BOYS \u003cbr\u003e 152. Heroic Patience, Almost 218\u003cbr\u003e 153. The Pot-Headed Demon 218\u003cbr\u003e 154. Riotous Living 220\u003cbr\u003e 155. The Boy Who Laid the Golden Stone 221\u003cbr\u003e 156. Cherry Blossoms 224\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e PARADISE II \u003cbr\u003e 157. The Thirst for Paradise 224\u003cbr\u003e 158. The Chanting Skull 225\u003cbr\u003e 159. The Mice Little God Sails Away 226\u003cbr\u003e 160. The Unearthly Fragrance 228\u003cbr\u003e 161. A Twinge of Regret 229\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e YIN-YANG WIZARDRY II \u003cbr\u003e 162. Daddy, Who Were Those People? 230\u003cbr\u003e 163. The Curse 231\u003cbr\u003e 164. The Harmless Haunt 232\u003cbr\u003e 165. In the Nick of Time 233\u003cbr\u003e 166. Astride the Corpse 235\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e DEMONS \u003cbr\u003e 167. Twinleaf 236\u003cbr\u003e 168. No Night to Be Out Courting 237\u003cbr\u003e 169. Lump Off, Lump On 239\u003cbr\u003e 170. Take a Good Look! 241\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e PLENTY \u003cbr\u003e 171. Cherish-the-Aged Spring 242\u003cbr\u003e 172. The Bottomless Sack 242\u003cbr\u003e 173. The Solid Gold Corpse 244\u003cbr\u003e 174. A Fortune from a Wisp of Straw 246\u003cbr\u003e 175. “Dog’s Head” Silk 250\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ODD PATHS TO SALVATION \u003cbr\u003e 176. A Very Surprised Bodhisattva 251\u003cbr\u003e 177. The Awakening 252\u003cbr\u003e 178. The Little God’s Big Chance 258\u003cbr\u003e 179. Pious Antics 258\u003cbr\u003e 180. The Reprieve 262\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e WATER \u003cbr\u003e 181. The Water Spirit 264\u003cbr\u003e 182. The Master of Streams and Falls 265\u003cbr\u003e 183. The Dragon Cave 266\u003cbr\u003e 184. Gold from the Dragon Palace 267\u003cbr\u003e 185. The Pond God Takes a Wife 269\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e CLOSED WORLDS \u003cbr\u003e 186. The Isle of Man and Maid 270\u003cbr\u003e 187. The Snake and the Centipede 271\u003cbr\u003e 188. Through the Water Curtain 274\u003cbr\u003e 189. Cannibal Island 281\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e HAUNTS II \u003cbr\u003e 190. No Nonsense! 282\u003cbr\u003e 191. Quite a Bit of Nonsense 283\u003cbr\u003e 192. One Mouthful 283\u003cbr\u003e 193. Suddenly, Horse Dung 284\u003cbr\u003e 194. The Monk in White Armor 285\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e DREAMS \u003cbr\u003e 195. Little White Hairs 286\u003cbr\u003e 196. The Man Who Stole a Dream 286\u003cbr\u003e 197. The Buddha-Ox 287\u003cbr\u003e 198. The Falconer’s Dream 290\u003cbr\u003e 199. Poverty 292\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e SCARES AND NIGHTMARES \u003cbr\u003e 200. The Nightmare 292\u003cbr\u003e 201. The Double 294\u003cbr\u003e 202. Bewitched 294\u003cbr\u003e 203. The Funeral 296\u003cbr\u003e 204. The Grinning Face of the Old Woman 297\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e FOXES II \u003cbr\u003e 205. Fox Arson 298\u003cbr\u003e 206. The Fox’s Bell 299\u003cbr\u003e 207. Singed Fur 300\u003cbr\u003e 208. Not Really a Tree at All 303\u003cbr\u003e 209. The White Fox: Four Dreams 304\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e BEYOND THE RULES \u003cbr\u003e 210. The Telltale Fish 305\u003cbr\u003e 211. A Taste for Fish 305\u003cbr\u003e 212. The Promise 306\u003cbr\u003e 213. The Jellyfish’s Bone 307\u003cbr\u003e 214. The Stinking Hut 310\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e PARENT AND CHILD \u003cbr\u003e 215. Be Good to Your Mother and Father! 312\u003cbr\u003e 216. Hell in Broad Day 313\u003cbr\u003e 217. The Old Woman on the Mountain 315\u003cbr\u003e 218. Mother 316\u003cbr\u003e 219. Perilous Gratitude 317\u003cbr\u003e 220. The Ugly Son 319\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e SOURCES AND NOTES 321\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e THE WORKS THESE TALES COME FROM 325\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e TALES CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES 327\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY 331\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e INDEX 333\u003cbr\u003e  “Few readers who start the book will be able to resist going through to the end.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Enchanting. . . . The stories are variously witty, allegorical, mystical, gross, funny, and enigmatic . . . Tyler provides a helpful introduction, and his poised translations are something of a masterpiece.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Royall Tyler’s translations are nothing short of superb—crisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound. The results make available masterpieces from five centuries of Japanese literature. This book is a stellar addition to Pantheon’s “outstanding folklore series.””\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Fresh, imaginative, and uniquely organized . . . told in a style clear, homey, and unpretentious, [they] yield great pleasure.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Translated with exceptional skill, this is a perfect example of scholarship concealing scholarship. Tyler has made these tales read gracefully and effortlessly. He writes in a lively and colloquial style that effectively captures the spirit of the originals without being jarringly modern. This is an important book.”\u003cbr\u003e —Donald Keene, Shincho Professor of Japanese, Columbia University\u003cb\u003eROYALL TYLER\u003c\/b\u003e has taught Japanese language and culture at many universities, including  Harvard, the Australian National University, the University of Oslo, and the University  of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Australia.\u003cb\u003e35.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE INVINCIBLE PAIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn Sanuki province there still is a large body of water named Mano Pond that Kōbō Daishi made out of kindness toward the people who live nearby. It is so big, and the dikes around it are so high, that it looks more like a lake than a pond. Its deep waters harbor countless fish great and small, and at the bottom there once lived a dragon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne day this dragon came out of the water to sun himself, and slithered around on an isolated section of the dike in the shape of a little snake. Just then the tengu of Mount Hira, far off in Ōmi province, flew over in the form of a kite. He dove at the little snake, caught him in his talons, and soared up again into the sky.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA dragon is, of course, immensely strong, but this one had been taken so suddenly that all he could do was hand in the tengu’s claws. The tengu for his part meant to crush the snake and eat him, but that turned out to be impossible since, after all, it was a mighty dragon he had seized and no weakling serpent. Not knowing quite what else to do, the tengu took the dragon back to his lair on Mount Hira and stuffed him into a hole in the rocks so small that the dragon could hardly move. The poor dragon was miserable. Not having a drop of water he could not fly away, and for several days he lay there waiting to die.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile the tengu was planning a little foray to Mount Hiei to catch himself a nice fat monk. That night he perched in a tall tree and kept his eyes on the dormitory across the valley on the side of the hill. A monk came out on the veranda to relieve himself. When he picked up the water jar to wash his hands, the tengu pounced, seized him, and carried him off to Mount Hira, where he stuffed him into the hole with the dragon. The terrified monk thought he was done for, but the tengu went off again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom out of the darkness a voice asked, “Who are you? Where did you come from?” The monk explained what had happened—so suddenly that he still had his water jar—and asked who had spoken. The dragon introduced himself and told his own story. “It’s very tight in this hile, you know,” he groaned, “but I can’t fly away because I haven’t a drop of water!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Maybe there’s some left in this jar,” suggested the monk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Oh, how wonderful! What luck you’re here! If there is, I can save us both. I’ll take you back home!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith joyous anticipation the monk turned the jar upside down over the dragon and a drop of water fell out. The dragon was wet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“All right,” said the dragon, “don’t be afraid. Just close your eyes and sit on my back. I’ll never forget what I owe you.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe dragon turned into a small boy, took the monk on his back, smashed the rock walls of their hole, and burst forth amid thunderclaps and bolts of lightning. Huge clouds gathered in the sky and heavy rain fell. The monk was frightened but trusted the dragon enough to hang on. He was deposited instantly right where he had started, on the veranda of his dormitory on Mount Hiei. The dragon flew off.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith all the crashing and roaring, the other residents of the dormitory were sure that any second a bolt would destroy them.  Then suddenly the thunder stopped and blackness fell. When the sky cleared, they discovered their colleague who had vanished the other night, and he answered their astonished questions by telling them his story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe dragon pursued the tengu everywhere in search of revenge. At last when the tengu was cruising the streets of the Capital, disguised as a warrior-monk soliciting donations for his temple, the dragon swooped down and killed him with one blow. Suddenly the tengu was a kestrel with a broken wing, and he was trampled underfoot by the passersby.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn Mount Hiei the monk repaid his debt by reading the sutras faithfully on behalf of his friend the dragon. Each had saved the other’s life—surely the result of a deep karmic bond between them in lives gone by.The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304291291365,"sku":"NP9780375714511","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375714511.jpg?v=1767730356","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/japanese-tales-isbn-9780375714511","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}