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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Straw Sandal: Or the Scroll of the Hundred Crabs (Mukashi-Banashi Inazuma-Byōshi)

The Straw Sandal: Or the Scroll of the Hundred Crabs (Mukashi-Banashi Inazuma-Byōshi)

Santō, Kyōden
Blacker, Carmen
Kornicki, Peter

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1905246641
ISBN13: 9781905246649
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 31 2008
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Carmen Blacker's spirited translation of Santo Kyoden's Mukashi-banashi inazuma byooshi (from which the title 'The Straw Sandal' is taken), considered by Aston to be his masterpiece, reveals a multi-layered and fascinating tale of revenge - Japanese-style, thereby providing a classic example of this popular genre within Japanese literature. Aston makes the point that the plot of this late-eighteenth-century novel, developed over twenty chapters or episodes, is so complicated that 'it is impossible to give an adequate summary...' But he goes on to promise several murders, a harakiri and other suicides, terrific combats, hairbreadth escapes, strange meetings and surprising recognitions. In addition, there are scenes of witchcraft and enchantment with dreams, magic terrors and ghosts who rove by night. The Straw Sandal, which contains most of the original black and white woodblock prints together with textual notes added by the translator, will surely be widely welcomed both in the world of literature as well as that of Japanese Studies.

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