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The Straw Sandal: Or the Scroll of the Hundred Crabs (Mukashi-Banashi Inazuma-Byōshi) - Hardcover

 
9781905246649: The Straw Sandal: Or the Scroll of the Hundred Crabs (Mukashi-Banashi Inazuma-Byōshi)
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Carmen Blacker’s spirited translation of Santo Kyoden’s Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge, providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature.

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Carmen Blacker is widely known for her work on Fukuzawa Yukichi (The Japanese Enlightenment, 1964), shamanistic practices in Japan (The Catalpa Bow, 1975, republished in paperback 1999), and folklore and divinations (Ancient Cosmologies, 1975, and Divination and Oracles 1981 – both with Michael Loewe). In 1996, she published (with Edward Shils) Cambridge Women, and in 2000, her Collected Writings.

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  • PublisherBrill
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 1905246641
  • ISBN 13 9781905246649
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages190

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