Author: Kij Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765303912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A tortoiseshell cat whose family is destroyed in a fire that devastated most of the Imperial City embarks on a remarkable journey in search of her identity and soul, attracting the attention of ancient gods who transform her into Kagaya-hime, a woman-warrior.
Fudoki
Author: Kij Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765303912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A tortoiseshell cat whose family is destroyed in a fire that devastated most of the Imperial City embarks on a remarkable journey in search of her identity and soul, attracting the attention of ancient gods who transform her into Kagaya-hime, a woman-warrior.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765303912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A tortoiseshell cat whose family is destroyed in a fire that devastated most of the Imperial City embarks on a remarkable journey in search of her identity and soul, attracting the attention of ancient gods who transform her into Kagaya-hime, a woman-warrior.
Harima Fudoki
Author: Edwina Palmer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004269371
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Harima Fudoki, dated to 714CE, is one of Japan’s earliest extant written records. It is a rich account of the people, places, natural resources and stories in the Harima region of western Japan. Produced by the government as a tool for Japan’s early state formation, Harima Fudoki includes important myths of places and gods from a different perspective to the contemporaneous ‘national’ chronicles. This document is an essential primary source for all who are interested in ancient Japan. In this new critical edition, Palmer draws upon recent research into the archaeology, history, orality and literature of ancient Japan to reinterpret this hitherto little-known document. Palmer’s insightful commentary contextualizes the Harima tales for the first time in English.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004269371
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Harima Fudoki, dated to 714CE, is one of Japan’s earliest extant written records. It is a rich account of the people, places, natural resources and stories in the Harima region of western Japan. Produced by the government as a tool for Japan’s early state formation, Harima Fudoki includes important myths of places and gods from a different perspective to the contemporaneous ‘national’ chronicles. This document is an essential primary source for all who are interested in ancient Japan. In this new critical edition, Palmer draws upon recent research into the archaeology, history, orality and literature of ancient Japan to reinterpret this hitherto little-known document. Palmer’s insightful commentary contextualizes the Harima tales for the first time in English.
Fudoki
Author: Kij Johnson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466800658
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, this time Kij Johnson takes on another animal totem and enters the world of the creature who comes to be known as Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen. And who may or may not be the figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing as she follows the paths that are leading her to the nunnery and death. Fudoki is the tale of a being who starts her journey on the kami, or spirit road, as a humble-if ever a being such as a Cat can be humble-small tortoiseshell feline. She has seen her family destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city. This loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, the Cat with a Litter of Ten, the Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki-self and soul and home and shrine-she cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki because, although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself. So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers, including gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. And who set her on a new kami road, where Kagaya-hime will have to choose a way to find what happiness she can. Weaving a haunting story of one being's transformation and journey of discovery with the telling of another's long life set against the backdrop of the courtly rituals of Imperial power, Kij Johnson has written a powerful novel about the nature of freedom and the redemptive power of transformation--if only one is brave enough to risk it all. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466800658
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, this time Kij Johnson takes on another animal totem and enters the world of the creature who comes to be known as Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen. And who may or may not be the figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing as she follows the paths that are leading her to the nunnery and death. Fudoki is the tale of a being who starts her journey on the kami, or spirit road, as a humble-if ever a being such as a Cat can be humble-small tortoiseshell feline. She has seen her family destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city. This loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, the Cat with a Litter of Ten, the Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki-self and soul and home and shrine-she cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki because, although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself. So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers, including gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. And who set her on a new kami road, where Kagaya-hime will have to choose a way to find what happiness she can. Weaving a haunting story of one being's transformation and journey of discovery with the telling of another's long life set against the backdrop of the courtly rituals of Imperial power, Kij Johnson has written a powerful novel about the nature of freedom and the redemptive power of transformation--if only one is brave enough to risk it all. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Izumo Fudoki
Author: Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki
Publisher: Tokyo : Sophia University
ISBN:
Category : Izumo Region
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher: Tokyo : Sophia University
ISBN:
Category : Izumo Region
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Harima Fudoki
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harima no Kuni fudoki
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harima no Kuni fudoki
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Japan Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Japan Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Fox Woman
Author: Kij Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312875596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In a novel set in medieval Japan, a young fox kit becomes enamored with a Japanese nobleman and will stop at nothing, even magic and sorcery, to win his heart.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312875596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In a novel set in medieval Japan, a young fox kit becomes enamored with a Japanese nobleman and will stop at nothing, even magic and sorcery, to win his heart.
Monumenta Nipponica
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Records of Wind and Earth
Author: Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description