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

• Superior document: Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies ; v.9
• Author: Ury, Marian.
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,, 1993.; ©1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)

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.