小説むすび | 出版社 : チャールズ・イー・タトル出版

出版社 : チャールズ・イー・タトル出版

In Ghostly JapanIn Ghostly Japan

In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories-including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This edition includes a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster which explains the book's importance as a Japanese cultural and literary classic. The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore-the spirits of the dead and the spirits of the living. In Ghostly Japan examines both and, in the process, offers a fascinating window into Japan's supernatural and spiritual world. The 14 stories include: ●"Fragment"-A young pilgrim encounters a mountain of skulls and is shown a terrible truth ●"Ingwa-banashi"-On her deathbed, a dying wife bequeaths to her young rival a sinister and horrific gift ●"A Passional Karma"-A spectral beauty transcends death to return for her handsome samurai lover ●"Story of a Tengu"-A priest saves the life of a Yokai monk and is granted a wish, but the outcome is not as expected 霊の日本 再話作家の第一人者であるハーンが日本の霊を描く14編をまとめた短編集。「振袖」、「焼津にて」、「悪因縁」など、伝説からエッセイまで幅広く扱った本書は、霊やご先祖様と交わる古き良き日本を垣間見ることができます。また、ハーンは作品において、ただの「おばけ」ではない“日本の八百万の神々と源を同じくしている物の怪”と“失われた日本の姿”の存在を伝えています。日本の文化や文学における本作品の重要性を解説した新しい序文も必見です。

Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on SolitudeHojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude

Discover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei's 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of a simple life amidst the chaos of existence. Hojoki is an introspective poem written in the 13th century by the enigmatic Japanese hermit Kamo no Chomei, who as a young man served in the capital as official court poet but later in life withdrew from society. Composed in a time of devastating fires, floods, earthquakes, droughts and famines, Chomei's masterpiece reflects on the impermanence of things, expressing life's mysterious beauty and the profound wisdom to be found in nature. Chomei paints a vivid picture of the chaos and suffering of the human condition. Amidst this turmoil, he discovers an oasis of calm in a simple mountain hut, where he contemplates the virtues of nature and the wabi sabi beauty of imperfection in all things. 方丈記(英文版) 鎌倉時代前期の1212年に鴨長明によって書かれた名随筆『方丈記』の英訳版。前近代の日本都市史が専門の史学博士、マシュー・スタブロスによる新訳でお届けいたします。繰り返される政変と大火、洪水、地震、干ばつ、飢饉が頻発した不安定な時代に書かれた長明の傑作は、仏教的な無常観を映し出し、人の世の儚さを綴ります。五つの災厄と長明自身の苦悩、そして出家後、方丈庵での隠遁生活までを辿る方丈記は、混沌とした世の中で、不完全であることの美しさと、シンプルな生活の静けさを解き明かします。また本書には方丈記が書かれた時代背景や随筆にみられる文脈的な詳細や文学的引用、そして他著作の影響などを明らかにする学術的な注釈や地図も含まれています。さらに、日本文学研究家レジナルド・ジャクソンの静謐な写真とアートワーク付きで、方丈記の内省的な世界観を深く味わうことができます。

The Old CapitalThe Old Capital

川端康成の長編小説『古都』英文版。The Old Capital is of one of the three works for which Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Set in Kyoto-the old capital of Japan for a thousand years-this lyric novel traces the life of Chieko,the beloved adopted daughter of a kimono designer and his wife.Believing that she had ben kidnapped by the couple as a baby,Chieko learns one day that she was instead a foundling,left abandoned on a doorstep.Happy with her adopted parents,however,her security and contentment remain undisturbed until an answered prayer at the famous Yasaka Shrine dramatically alters the course of her life.

47 Ronin47 Ronin

The story begins in 1701 when the noble Lord Asano attacks an official at court.His punishment is swift and harsh-the Emperor orders Lord Asano to commit ritual suicide(harikiri).His lands are confiscated,his family exiled,and his Samurai warrior brigade is disbanded-becoming Ronin or masterless,wandering renegades.While appearing to follow the Emperor’s instructions,the 47 Ronin plot in secret for many years,biding their time until the moment to strike is right.Like the story of the Knights of the Round Table,the Ronin’s deeds have become legendary examples of courage,cunning and loyalty in a land where the Samurai are true heroes and honor is something worth dying for.John Allyn’s vivid retelling,with a foreword by scholar, Stephen Turnbull,presents this Japanese epic in its full historical context.

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