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Ugetsu Monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard. The author expressed his complex views on human life and society in simple yet poetic language. Akinari questioned the prevailing moral values and standards of his age whilst entertaining his readers with mystery and other-worldly occurrences. This is a reissue of Leon Zolbrod's definitive English translation of the work, first published in 1974.

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Author

上田 秋成, Ueda Akinari

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415619936

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24