The straw sandal, or, The scroll of the hundred crabs : : Mukashi-banashi inazuma-byoshi / / by Santo Kyoden ; translated by Carmen Blacker ; with an introduction by P.F. Kornicki.

• Author: Santo, Kyoden.
• TeilnehmendeR: Blacker, Carmen.; Kornicki, P. F.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Notes: Translated from the Japanese.

Carmen Blacker’s spirited translation of Santo Kyoden’s Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi (from which the title ‘The Straw Sandal’ is taken), considered by Aston to be his masterpiece, reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge – Japanese-style, thereby providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature. Aston makes the point that the plot of this late-eighteenth-century novel, developed over twenty chapters or episodes, is so complicated that ‘it is impossible to give an adequate summary…’ But he goes on to promise several murders, a harakiri and other suicides, terrific combats, hairbreadth escapes, strange meetings and surprising recognitions. In addition, there are scenes of witchcraft and enchantment with dreams, magic terrors and ghosts who rove by night. The Straw Sandal, which contains most of the original black and white woodblock prints together with textual notes added by the translator, will surely be widely welcomed both in the world of literature as well as that of Japanese Studies.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Santō Kyōden -- The Straw Sandal of Spite / Santō Kyōden -- The Candle before the Wind / Santō Kyōden -- ‘Secret Contrivances and Plots’ / Santō Kyōden -- The Hovel of Strange Stratagems / Santō Kyōden -- The Gratitude of the Smallpox kami / Santō Kyōden -- The Karmic Snake / Santō Kyōden -- The Curse of the Poisonous Rats / Santō Kyōden -- A Swift Horse on a Dark Night / Santō Kyōden -- The Peril of the Wayside Temple / Santō Kyōden -- The Vision of Fallen Leaves / Santō Kyōden -- The Biwa with the Broken String / Santō Kyōden -- The Drums of Hell / Santō Kyōden -- The Turmoil at the Temple / Santō Kyōden -- The Saviour from the Enemy House / Santō Kyōden -- The Luck of the Solitary Goose / Santō Kyōden -- The Strange Power of the Old Master / Santō Kyōden -- The Snowy Valley and the Bear that Got Away / Santō Kyōden -- The Quarrel in the Pleasure Quarter / Santō Kyōden -- The Lightning Sword / Santō Kyōden -- The Reward of Virtue / Santō Kyōden -- A Lost Fragment / Santō Kyōden.