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pekoegal's review against another edition
5.0
This is a series of newspaper article-like entries of the strange and sometimes frightening things that happened in Tono. It gives you an interesting insight into the culture of this part of Japan.
yates9's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting historical record of stories and local folklore of a small remote Japanese town.
elagomes06's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
alexanderpaez's review against another edition
5.0
Reseña en el blog: http://dondeterminaelinfinito.blogspot.com.es/2013/07/mitos-populares-de-japon-leyendas-de.html
La editorial Quaterni ha publicado este año una de las obras de cultura japonesa, antropológicamente hablando que más ganas tenía de leer. De hecho, tenía miradas varias ediciones en inglés. Tôno Monogatari es una de las obras clave del siglo XX para conocer la etnología japonesa. En este caso la edición es una impresionante traducción directamente del japonés por la profesora Mariló Rodriguez del Alisal. Junto a unas breves notas introductorias sobre la pronunciación, la presentación de la novela y unos agradecimientos, encontramos una biografía resumida pero muy completa sobre Yanagita Kunio y la región de Tôno que contiene diez poblaciones: Tsuchibuchi, Tsukumoushi, Matsuzaki, Aozasa, Kamigo, Otomo, Ayaori, Masuzawa, Miyamori y Tassobe; las cuales es necesario recordar o por lo menos revisar durante la lectura; donde el autor investigó para realizar sus estudios. A partir de la página 41 ya podemos empezar a leer el trabajo propiamente dicho de Yanagita Kunio...
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La editorial Quaterni ha publicado este año una de las obras de cultura japonesa, antropológicamente hablando que más ganas tenía de leer. De hecho, tenía miradas varias ediciones en inglés. Tôno Monogatari es una de las obras clave del siglo XX para conocer la etnología japonesa. En este caso la edición es una impresionante traducción directamente del japonés por la profesora Mariló Rodriguez del Alisal. Junto a unas breves notas introductorias sobre la pronunciación, la presentación de la novela y unos agradecimientos, encontramos una biografía resumida pero muy completa sobre Yanagita Kunio y la región de Tôno que contiene diez poblaciones: Tsuchibuchi, Tsukumoushi, Matsuzaki, Aozasa, Kamigo, Otomo, Ayaori, Masuzawa, Miyamori y Tassobe; las cuales es necesario recordar o por lo menos revisar durante la lectura; donde el autor investigó para realizar sus estudios. A partir de la página 41 ya podemos empezar a leer el trabajo propiamente dicho de Yanagita Kunio...
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otterno11's review
4.0
Back in 2015, I visited the rural Japanese town of Tono in Iwate prefecture, excited to see the place known as the “City of Folklore.” Nestled into a fertile valley surrounded by forest covered mountains, local attractions in Tono include a kappa brook (home of the “mischievous water spirits,” kappa, and Unedori-Sama, the matchmaking Shinto shrine, among other well preserved vestiges of Japanese preindustrial culture. This was the landscape that inspired scholar Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962), who collected the folk legends of the region at the turn of the twentieth century.
Visiting the town after befriending Kizen Sasaki, a local who had moved to Tokyo, Kunio was fascinated by the stories Sasaki shared from his hometown, and was sparked to explore Tono and collect these tales. The book he published in 1910, Tono-Monogatari (Legends of Tono), became one of the cornerstones of Japanese folklore studies. A slim, fascinating treatise, the Legends of Tono consists of some 119 short vignettes recording tales and stories of the Tono region, as told to Kunio by Kizen. Both eerie and oddly prosaic, the tales reflect the everyday life and concerns of the people of this remote place, both their fears and their desires. Nature, farming, religion, all are dealt with in these stories. Including legends of the kappa, the tengu, snow women, and other supernatural entities, other tales discuss local landmarks and eccentric townspeople.
Throughout the legends, certain elements seem evident and rather disturbing to the modern reader, including a deep suspicion and fear of outsiders- encountering any stranger on the roads or woods outside of the little villages of the Tono valley evokes great fear from the townspeople. Others are more classic folkloric motifs, such as a hunter hearing a premonition of a family tragedy back home. Among the most interesting legends in the book were explanations of local traditions still practiced and evident in Tono, such as the tale of Oshira-sama. A tragic tale of a girl who fell in love with a horse, until her father killed it and hung it from a tree, Oshira-sama became a kami still honored in Tono. Shrines to Oshira-sama can be still seen in the traditional "magariya" farmhouses. Read more about this and other books I read inspired by my trip to Japan at my blog, Reading Rainstorm.
Visiting the town after befriending Kizen Sasaki, a local who had moved to Tokyo, Kunio was fascinated by the stories Sasaki shared from his hometown, and was sparked to explore Tono and collect these tales. The book he published in 1910, Tono-Monogatari (Legends of Tono), became one of the cornerstones of Japanese folklore studies. A slim, fascinating treatise, the Legends of Tono consists of some 119 short vignettes recording tales and stories of the Tono region, as told to Kunio by Kizen. Both eerie and oddly prosaic, the tales reflect the everyday life and concerns of the people of this remote place, both their fears and their desires. Nature, farming, religion, all are dealt with in these stories. Including legends of the kappa, the tengu, snow women, and other supernatural entities, other tales discuss local landmarks and eccentric townspeople.
Throughout the legends, certain elements seem evident and rather disturbing to the modern reader, including a deep suspicion and fear of outsiders- encountering any stranger on the roads or woods outside of the little villages of the Tono valley evokes great fear from the townspeople. Others are more classic folkloric motifs, such as a hunter hearing a premonition of a family tragedy back home. Among the most interesting legends in the book were explanations of local traditions still practiced and evident in Tono, such as the tale of Oshira-sama. A tragic tale of a girl who fell in love with a horse, until her father killed it and hung it from a tree, Oshira-sama became a kami still honored in Tono. Shrines to Oshira-sama can be still seen in the traditional "magariya" farmhouses. Read more about this and other books I read inspired by my trip to Japan at my blog, Reading Rainstorm.
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