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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 1993

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ISBN 9780472902118 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780939512614

Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies ; v.9

Print version: Ury, Marian Tales of Times Now Past Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,c1993 ISBN 9780939512614

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Texts -- Select Bibliography -- Konjaku Monogatari Shū -- Tales of India -- Chapter One -- 1 How Śākyamuni Tathāgata Came to Dwell in the World of Men -- 8 How Śākyamuni Preached the Dharma to Five Bhikshus -- 11 How the Buddha Entered a City of the Brahmans to Beg Food -- 18 How the Buddha Converted Nanda and Caused Him to Renounce Secular Life -- Chapter Two -- 1 About the Death of the Buddha’s Father, King Śuddhodana -- 21 How a God Heard the Dharma and Obtained the Clear Vision of the Dharma Eye -- Chapter Three -- 14 About King Prasenajit’s Daughter Ugly Adamantina -- 28 What the Buddha Said to the Sangha When He Was About to Enter Nirvana -- Chapter Four -- 9 How Bodhidharma of India Went to This Place and That Observing the Devotions of the Monks -- 24 How Nāgārjuna, While a Layman, Made a Charm for Invisibility -- 34 How Two Brothers, Men of India, Carried Gold through the Mountains -- 41 How a Man for Love of His Child Went to King Yama’s Palace -- Chapter Five -- 2 How a King Went into the Mountains to Hunt Deer and Was Robbed of His Daughter by a Lion -- 13 How the Three Beasts Practiced the Way of the Bodhisattva and the Rabbit Roasted Himself -- Tales of China -- Chapter Six -- 34 How a Novice of the K’ung-kuan Ssu in China Viewed the Lotus-Matrix World and Returned to Life -- 35 How Sun Hsuan-te Copied the Wreath Sutra -- Chapter Seven -- 18 How a Nun of Ho-tung in China Chanted the Lotus Sutra and How the Text She Read from Was Altered -- Chapter Nine -- 4 How Someone in Lu-chou Killed a Neighbor and Was Not Punished -- 44 How Mo Yeh of China Made a Sword and Presented It to the King and How His Son, Broad-of-Brow, Was Killed -- 45 How Hou Ku Tricked His Father and Prevented an Unfilial Act -- Chapter Ten.

1 How Shih-huang of Ch’in Governed from His Palace at Hsien-yang -- 8 How Wu Chao-hsiao of China Saw a Poem on the Water and Loved Its Author -- 12 How Chuang Tzu Went to Someone’s House and How His Host Killed a Goose to Serve with the Wine -- 13 How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behavior of Dumb Creatures and Fled -- Tales of Buddhism in Japan -- Chapter Eleven -- 3 How E no Ubasoku Recited Spells and Employed Demonic Deities -- 4 How the Venerable Dōshō Went to China, Was Transmitted the Hossō Teachings, and Returned Home -- Chapter Twelve -- 28 How a Government Clerk of Higo Province Escaped a Rakshasa -- Chapter Thirteen -- 10 How the Sutra Chanter Shunchō Exhibited the Lotus Sutra’s Efficacy -- 39 About Two Men in Izumo Province, Reciters of the Wreath and Lotus Sutras -- Chapter Fourteen -- 3 How a Monk of the Dōjōji in the Province of Kii Copied the Lotus Sutra and Brought Salvation to Serpents -- 5 About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra to Save the Soul of a Fox -- Chapter Fifteen -- 28 How a Priest of Chinzei Who Ate Carrion Was Reborn in Paradise -- Chapter Sixteen -- 17 How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchū Province, Became the Husband of a Fox and Was Saved by Kannon -- 20 How Travelers from Chinzei, Through Kannon’s Aid, Escaped Being Killed by Bandits -- 32 How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form through Kannon’s Aid -- Chapter Seventeen -- 1 About a Monk Who Prayed to Meet a Manifestation of the Bodhisattva Jizō -- 2 How Ki no Mochikata Worshipped Jizō and Benefited from His Favor -- 44 How a Monk through Bishamonten’s Aid Begot Gold and Obtained a Means of Support -- Chapter Nineteen -- 8 How a Falconer in the Western Part of the Capital Renounced Secular Life Because of a Dream -- 24 About the Monk Whose Name Was Entered on a Petition to the God of Mount T’ai to Take the Place of His Master -- Chapter Twenty.

5 How a Poor Man Left His Wife, and How She Became the Wife of the Governor of Settsu -- Chapter Thirty-One -- 7 How the Minor Controller of the Right Moroie no Ason Encountered a Woman and Died -- 31 About the Old Woman Who Sold Fish at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince’s Guard -- 37 About the Great Oak in Kurumoto District in Ōmi Province.

1 How Shih-huang of Ch’in Governed from His Palace at Hsien-yang -- 8 How Wu Chao-hsiao of China Saw a Poem on the Water and Loved Its Author -- 12 How Chuang Tzu Went to Someone’s House and How His Host Killed a Goose to Serve with the Wine -- 13 How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behavior of Dumb Creatures and Fled -- Tales of Buddhism in Japan -- Chapter Eleven -- 3 How E no Ubasoku Recited Spells and Employed Demonic Deities -- 4 How the Venerable Dōshō Went to China, Was Transmitted the Hossō Teachings, and Returned Home -- Chapter Twelve -- 28 How a Government Clerk of Higo Province Escaped a Rakshasa -- Chapter Thirteen -- 10 How the Sutra Chanter Shunchō Exhibited the Lotus Sutra’s Efficacy -- 39 About Two Men in Izumo Province, Reciters of the Wreath and Lotus Sutras -- Chapter Fourteen -- 3 How a Monk of the Dōjōji in the Province of Kii Copied the Lotus Sutra and Brought Salvation to Serpents -- 5 About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra to Save the Soul of a Fox -- Chapter Fifteen -- 28 How a Priest of Chinzei Who Ate Carrion Was Reborn in Paradise -- Chapter Sixteen -- 17 How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchū Province, Became the Husband of a Fox and Was Saved by Kannon -- 20 How Travelers from Chinzei, Through Kannon’s Aid, Escaped Being Killed by Bandits -- 32 How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form through Kannon’s Aid -- Chapter Seventeen -- 1 About a Monk Who Prayed to Meet a Manifestation of the Bodhisattva Jizō -- 2 How Ki no Mochikata Worshipped Jizō and Benefited from His Favor -- 44 How a Monk through Bishamonten’s Aid Begot Gold and Obtained a Means of Support -- Chapter Nineteen -- 8 How a Falconer in the Western Part of the Capital Renounced Secular Life Because of a Dream -- 24 About the Monk Whose Name Was Entered on a Petition to the God of Mount T’ai to Take the Place of His Master -- Chapter Twenty.

35 How Shinkai, a Monk of Mount Hiei, Suffered Retribution in This Present Life for Jealousy -- Secular Tales of Japan -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- 8 How Great Minister Tokihira Got Major Counselor Kunitsune’s Wife -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- 14 How Taira no Munetsune, Lieutenant of the Left Division of the Outer Palace Guards, Escorted High Priest Myōson -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- 2 How Prince Kaya Made a Doll and Set It Up in the Ricefields -- 23 How Minamoto no Hiromasa Ason Went to the Blind Man’s House at Ōsaka -- 24 How the Lute Genjo Was Snatched by an Oni -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- 11 How Fujiwara no Chikataka’s Son Was Taken Hostage by a Robber and Freed through Yorinobu’s Persuasion -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- 9 How Men of Kaga Province Who Went to an Island Where a Snake Was Warring with a Centipede Aided the Snake and Settled in the Island -- Chapter Twenty-Seven -- 15 How a Woman Who Was Bearing a Child Went to South Yamashina, Encountered an Oni, and Escaped -- 22 How the Hunters’ Mother Became an Oni and Tried to Devour Her Children -- 29 About the Two Wet-Nurses in the House of Middle Captain Masamichi Who Looked Exactly Alike -- 41 How the Fox of Kōyagawa Turned into a Woman and Rode on Horses’ Croups -- Chapter Twenty-Eight -- 5 How Tamemori, the Governor of Echizen, Subdued the Junior Officers of the Six Companies of the Guards -- 11 How Kaishu, the Intendant of Gion, Was Given as a Fee for Chanting the Sutras -- 38 How Fujiwara no Nobutada, Governor of Shinano, Took a Tumble at Misaka -- Chapter Twenty-Nine -- 18 How a Thief Climbed to the Upper Story of Rashō Gate and Saw a Corpse -- 23 How a Man Who Was Accompanying His Wife to Tanba Province Got Trussed Up at Ōeyama -- 28 How a Beggar Who Lived in the Area South of Kiyomizu Used a Woman to Lure Men into His House and Killed Them -- Chapter Thirty.

5 How a Poor Man Left His Wife, and How She Became the Wife of the Governor of Settsu -- Chapter Thirty-One -- 7 How the Minor Controller of the Right Moroie no Ason Encountered a Woman and Died -- 31 About the Old Woman Who Sold Fish at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince’s Guard -- 37 About the Great Oak in Kurumoto District in Ōmi Province.

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Contents // Acknowledgments xiii // Introduction 1 // A Note on Texts 22 // Select Bibliography 24 // KONJAKU MONOGATARI SHÜ // Tales of India // CHAPTER ONE // I How Šäkyamuni Tathägata Came to Dwell // in the World of Men 30 // 8 How Sakyamuni Preached the Dharma to Five Bhikshus 32 // II How the Buddha Entered a City of the Brahmans // to Beg Food 33 // 18 How the Buddha Converted Nanda // and Caused Him to Renounce Secular Life 35 // CHAPTER TWO // 1 About the Death of the Buddha’s Father, // King Suddhodana 39 // 21 How a God Heard the Dharma // and Obtained the Clear Vision of the Dharma Eye 40 // CHAPTER THREE // 14 About King Prasenajit’s Daughter Ugly Adamantina 42 28 What the Buddha Said to the Sangha // When He Was About to Enter Nirvana 44 // CHAPTER FOUR // 9 How Bodhidharma of India Went to This Place and That // Observing the Devotions of the Monks 46 // 24 How Nagarjuna, While a Layman, // Made a Charm for Invisibility 49 // viii // Contents // 34 How Two Brothers, Men of India, // Carried Gold through the Mountains 51 // 41 How a Man for Love of His Child // Went to King Yama’s Palace 52 // CHAPTER FIVE // 2 How a King Went into the Mountains to Hunt Deer // and Was Robbed of His Daughter by a Lion 54 // 13 How the Three Beasts Practiced the Way of the Bodhisattva and the Rabbit Roasted Himself 56 // Tales of China // chapter six // 34 How a Novice of the K’ung-kuan Ssu in China // Viewed the Lotus-Matrix World and Returned to Life 60 // 35 How Sun Hsüan-te

Copied the Wreath Sutra 61 // CHAPTER SEVEN // 18 How a Nun of Ho-tung in China Chanted the Lotus Sutra and How the Text She Read from Was Altered 64 // CHAPTER NINE // 4 How Someone in Lu-chou Killed a Neighbor // and Was Not Punished 66 // 44 How Mo Yeh of China Made a Sword and Presented It to the King // and How His Son, Broad-of-Brow, Was Killed 67 // 45 How Hou Ku Tricked His Father // and Prevented an Unfilial Act 70 // CHAPTER TEN // 1 How Shih-huang of Ch’in Governed // from His Palace at Hsien-yang 71 // 8 How Wu Chao-hsiao of China Saw a Poem on the Water and Loved Its Author 76 // 12 How Chuang Tzu Went to Someone’s House // and How His Host Killed a Goose to Serve with the Wine 78 // 13 How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behavior // of Dumb Creatures and Fled 79 // Contents // ix // Tales of Buddhism in Japan // CHAPTER ELEVEN // 3 How E no Ubasoku Recited Spells // and Employed Demonic Deities 82 // 4 How the Venerable Döshö Went to China, // Was Transmitted the Hossö Teachings, // and Returned Home 84 // CHAPTER TWELVE // 28 How a Government Clerk of Higo Province // Escaped a Rakshasa 87 // CHAPTER THIRTEEN // 10 How the Sutra Chanter Shunchö // Exhibited the Lotus Sutra’s Efficacy 90 // 39 About Two Men in Izumo Province, // Reciters of the Wreath and Lotus Sutras 92 // CHAPTER FOURTEEN // 3 How a Monk of the Döjöji in the Province of Kii // Copied the Lotus Sutra and Brought Salvation to Serpents 93 // 5 About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra // to Save the Soul

of a Fox 96 // CHAPTER FIFTEEN // 28 How a Priest of Chinzei Who Ate Carrion // Was Reborn in Paradise 99 // CHAPTER SIXTEEN // 17 How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchü Province, // Became the Husband of a Fox and Was Saved by Kannon 102 20 How Travelers from Chinzei, Through Kannon’s Aid, // Escaped Being Killed by Bandits 105 // 32 How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form // through Kannon’s Aid 110 // CHAPTER SEVENTEEN // 1 About a Monk Who Prayed to Meet a Manifestation // of the Bodhisattva Jizö 114 // x // Contents // 2 How Ki no Mochikata Worshipped Jizö // and Benefited from His Favor 115 // 44 How a Monk through Bishamonten’s Aid Begot Gold // and Obtained a Means of Support 117 // CHAPTER NINETEEN // 8 How a Falconer in the Western Part of the Capital // Renounced Secular Life Because of a Dream 121 // 24 About the Monk Whose Name Was Entered on a Petition to the God of Mount Tai to Take the Place of His Master 124 // CHAPTER TWENTY // 35 How Shinkai, a Monk of Mount Hiei, Suffered Retribution in This Present Life for Jealousy 127 // Secular Tales of Japan // CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO // 8 How Great Minister Tokihira // Got Major Counselor Kunitsune’s Wife 134 // CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE // 14 How Taira no Munetsune, Lieutenant of the Left Division of the Outer Palace Guards, Escorted High Priest Myôson 139 // CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR // 2 How Prince Kaya Made a Doll // and Set It Up in the Ricefields 142 // 23 How Minamoto no Hiromasa Ason // Went to the Blind Man’s House at Osaka

143 // 24 How the Lute Genjö Was Snatched by an Oni 146 // CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE // 11 How Fujiwara no Chikataka’s Son Was Taken Hostage // by a Robber and Freed through Yorinobu’s Persuasion 150 // CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX // 9 How Men of Kaga Province Who Went to an Island Where a Snake Was Warring with a Centipede Aided the Snake and Settled in the Island 153 // Contents // XI // CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN // 15 How a Woman Who Was Bearing a Child // Went to South Yamashina, Encountered an Oni, // and Escaped 161 // 22 How the Hunters’ Mother Became an Oni // and Tried to Devour Her Children 163 // 29 About the Two Wet-Nurses // in the House of Middle Captain Masamichi Who Looked Exactly Alike 165 // 41 How the Fox of Köyagawa Turned into a Woman // and Rode on Horses’ Croups 167 // CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT // 5 How Tamemori, the Governor of Echizen, // Subdued the Junior Officers // of the Six Companies of the Guards 172 // 11 How Kaishu, the Intendant of Gion, // Was Given as a Fee for Chanting the Sutras 177 // 38 How Fujiwara no Nobutada, Governor of Shinano, // Took a Tumble at Misaka 179 // CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE // 18 How a Thief Climbed to the Upper Story of Rashö Gate and Saw a Corpse 183 // 23 How a Man Who Was Accompanying His Wife // to Tanba Province Got Trussed Up at Öeyama 184 // 28 How a Beggar Who Lived in the Area South of Kiyomizu Used a Woman to Lure Men into His House and Killed Them 186 // CHAPTER THIRTY // 5 How a Poor Man Left His Wife, // and How She Became the Wife

of the Governor of Settsu 192 // CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE // 7 How the Minor Controller of the Right Moroie no Ason Encountered a Woman and Died 195 // 31 About the Old Woman Who Sold Fish // at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince’s Guard 197 // 37 About the Great Oak in Kurumoto District // in Ömi Province I99

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