Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction by Haruo Shirane

MONSTERS, WARRIORS, AND JOURNEYS TO OTHER WORLDS

Haseo and the Gambling Stranger    Haseo sōshi

The Tale of the Dirt Spider    Tsuchigumo zōshi

The Demon Shuten Dōji    Shuten Dōji

The Demon of Ibuki    Ibuki Dōji

The Tale of Tawara Tōda    Tawara Tōda monogatari

The Origins of Hashidate    Hashidate no honji (Bontenkoku)

The Palace of the Tengu    Tengu no dairi

Yoshitsune’s Island-Hopping    Onzōshi shima-watari

The Tale of Amewakahiko    Amewakahiko sōshi

The Origins of the Suwa Deity    Suwa no honji

BUDDHIST TALES

The Tale of the Fuji Cave    Fuji no hitoana sōshi

Isozaki    Isozaki

The Tale of the Handcart Priest    Kuruma-zō sōshi

Origins of the Statue of Kannon as a Boy    Chigo Kannon engi

Little Atsumori    Ko-Atsumori

The Crone Fleece    Ubakawa

INTERSPECIES AFFAIRS

The Tale of the Mouse    Nezumi no sōshi

The Chrysanthemum Spirit    Kiku no sei monogatari (Kazashi no himegimi)

The Tale of Tamamizu    Tamamizu monogatari

The Tale of a Wild Goose    Kari no sōshi

The Stingfish    Okoze

Lady Tamamo    Tamamo no mae sōshi

The Tale of the Clam    Hamaguri no sōshi

The War of the Twelve Animals    Jūnirui kassen emaki

The Sparrow’s Buddhist Awakening    Suzume no hosshin

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SECONDARY SOURCES

PERMISSIONS