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Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Early Modern Period in Japan -- About the Author -- Bunjin, National Learning, and Yomihon -- About Tales of Moonlight and Rain -- About the Translation -- Preface -- Book One -- Shiramine -- The Chrysanthemum Vow -- Book Two -- The Reed-Choked House -- The Carp of My Dreams -- Book Three -- The Owl of the Three Jewels -- The Kibitsu Cauldron -- Book Four -- A Serpent's Lust -- Book Five -- The Blue Hood -- On Poverty and Wealth -- Bibliography -- Series List -- Editorial Board.;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 th

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Author

Chambers, Anthony;Ueda, Akinari

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231139137

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, History, Poetry

Rating

3.88 / 5 (770 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13