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[subtitle: A Study and Translation by Anthony H. Chambers]First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult.They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu.The title Ugetsu monogatari (literally "rain-moon tales") alludes to the belief that mysterious beings appear on cloudy, rainy nights and in mornings with a lingering moon. In "Shiramine," the vengeful ghost of the former emperor Sutoku reassumes the role of king; in "The Chrysanthemum Vow," a faithful revenant fulfills a promise; "The Kibitsu Cauldron" tells a tale of spirit possession; and in "The Carp of My Dreams," a man straddles the boundaries between human and animal and between the waking world and the world of dreams. The remaining stories feature demons, fiends, goblins, strange dreams, and other manifestations beyond all logic and common sense.The eerie beauty of this masterpiece owes to Akinari UEDA's masterful combination of words and phrases from Ja

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Author

Akinari UEDA [UEDA, Akinari], Anthony H. Chambers (transl. & editor)

Publisher

Columbia University Press, New York

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231139137

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.88 / 5 (770 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14