by Virginia Skord (Translator)
The stories in this collection constitute just a small portion of a vast body of some four hundred short narratives known as otogizoshi. They represent a cross section of medieval Japan in its richness and complexity, a panoply of life teeming with all the possibilities and contradictions of the age.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: January 25, 2006