Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Routledge Revivals)

Ueda Akinari, Leon Zolbrod

Translator's Foreword INTRODUCTION I9 I Meaning of the Title 2 Biographical Sketch of Ueda Akinari 3 Reading Books 4 The Romance of Travel and the Poetry of Place 5 Historical Background 6 Philosophy and Religion 7 The Art of Fiction 8 World of the Supernatural 9 Literary Style 10 Chinese Influence 11 Influence of Japanese Classics 12 Structure 13 Akinari's Legacy 14 The Present Edition UGETSU MONOGATARI VOLUME ONE I White Peak (Shiramine) II Chrysanthemum Tryst (Kikuka no chigiri) VOLUME TWO III The House Amid the Thickets (Asaji ga yado) V The Carp That Came to My Dream (Muo no rigyo) VOLUME THREE V Bird of Paradise (Buppōsō) VI The Caldron of Kibitsu (Kibitsu no kama) VOLUME FOUR VII The Lust of the White Serpent (Jasei no in) VOLUME FIVE VIII The Blue Hood (Aozukin) IX Wealth and Poverty (Himpuku-ron)