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...

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.