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雨月物語

by 上田 秋成

巷に跋扈する異界の者たちを呼び寄せる深い闇の世界を、卓抜した筆致で描ききった短篇怪異小説集。秋成壮年の傑作。崇徳院が眠る白峯の御陵を訪ねた西行の前に現れたのは Based on the first woodblock edition of 1776 with illustrations and an introduction for Western readers. Translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod *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, Ueda Akinari, 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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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?