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Setsuwa (****anese: 説話, romanized: setsu wa) is a ****anese
literary genre. It
consists of myths, legends, folktales, and anecdotes.
Among the
setsuwa, those...
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Onihitokuchi (鬼一口)
refers to a ****anese
setsuwa (legend) in
which oni (ogres) eat
humans in one mouthful. This in turn
refers to
something extremely dangerous...
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feminine beauty".: 43 He also
draws parallels with the
vernacular setsuwa tradition and
anecdotes told of
Fujiwara Munesuke, the bee-keeping minister...
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early Heian period setsuwa collection.
Written by Kyōkai
between 787 and 824, it is ****an's
oldest collection of
Buddhist setsuwa. It is
three volumes...
- of beauty" (美人説話, bijin-
setsuwa) "tales of sensuality" (好色説話, kōshoku-
setsuwa) "tales of haughtiness" (驕慢説話, kyōman-
setsuwa) "tales of poetry/poetic...
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Monogatari (****anese: 物語, [monoɡaꜜtaɾi]) is a
literary form in
traditional ****anese
literature – an
extended prose narrative tale
comparable to epic literature...
- work is
classified as
setsuwa literature.
Following in the
footsteps of
Konjaku Monogatarishū, it is the
representative setsuwa work of the
Kamakura period...
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considered to be a
humorous story in
setsuwa. The
Konjaku Monogatarishū and the Uji Shūi
Monogatari were
setsuwa collections compiled from the
Heian period...
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literature date back to the
Kamakura period (1185–1333). In the
collection of
setsuwa (oral
tradition of
folktales before the 14th century), the
Kokon Chomonjū...
- ****anese] (1992). "Dai-2 shō.
Kitsune no Atai
setsuwa (jō 2 kan)" 第二章狐の直説話（上2巻）.
Nihon ryōiki
setsuwa no kenkyū 日本霊異記説話の研究 (in ****anese). Tokyo: Ōfūsha...
