Monsters, animals, and other worlds : a collection of short medieval Japanese tales / edited by R. Keller Kimbrough and Haruo Shirane.

Includes bibliographical references.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Haruo Shirane -- Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds -- Haseo and the Gambling Stranger (Haseo soshi) -- The Tale of the Dirt Spider (Tsuchigumo zoshi) -- The Demon Shuten Doji (Shuten Doji) -- The Demon of Ibuki (Ibuki Doji) -- The Tale of Tawara Toda (Tawara Toda monogatari) -- The Origins of Hashidate (Hashidate no honji (Bontenkoku) -- The Palace of the Tengu (Tengu no dairi) -- Yoshitsune's Island-Hopping (Onzoshi shima-watari) -- The Tale of Amewakahiko (Amewakahiko soshi) -- The Origins of the Suwa Deity (Suwa no honji) -- Buddhist Tales -- The Tale of the Fuji Cave (Fuji no hitoana soshi) -- Isozaki (Isozaki) -- The Tale of the Handcart Priest (Kuruma-zo soshi) -- 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 soshi) -- The Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei monogatari [Kazashi no himegimi]) -- The Tale of Tamamizu (Tamamizu monogatari) -- The Tale of a Wild Goose (Kari no soshi) -- The Stingfish (Okoze) -- Lady Tamamo (Tamamo no mae soshi) -- The Tale of the Clam (Hamaguri no soshi) -- The War of the Twelve Animals (Junirui kassen emaki) -- The Sparrow's Buddhist Awakening (Suzume no hosshin) -- English-Language Secondary Sources -- Permissions