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

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Product details

  • ISBN 9780415619936
  • Weight: 540g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Aug 2011
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Ugetsu monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard. The author expressed his complex views on human life and society in simple yet poetic language. Akinari questioned the prevailing moral values and standards of his age whilst entertaining his readers with mystery and other-worldly occurrences.

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