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

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Superior document:Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies ; v.9
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (215 pages)
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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.