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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Monogatari (****anese: 物語, [monoɡaꜜtaɾi]) is a literary form in traditional ****anese literature – an extended prose narrative tale comparable to epic literature...
- of feminine beauty".: 43  He also draws parallels with the vernacular setsuwa tradition and anecdotes told of Fujiwara Munesuke, the bee-keeping minister...
- work is classified as setsuwa literature. Following in the footsteps of Konjaku Monogatarishū, it is the representative setsuwa work of the Kamakura period...
- ****anese), 34 (8): 1–10 —— (1967), "Kobunken wo kiso to ****a Momotarō setsuwa no kenkyū (I)" 古文献を基礎とした 桃太郎説話の研究(上) [A Study of "Momotaro" : Based on...
- ****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...
- (鬼童丸, 鬼同丸) is an oni that appears in the Kamakura period collection of setsuwa, the Kokon Chomonjū, among other sources. As described in the Kokon Chomonjū...