Kojidan
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese collection of setsuwa
. It was authored by Minamoto no Akikane between 1212 and 1215 during the early Kamakura period
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The text is six volumes in length and contains 462 setsuwa stories. It was extremely popular and influenced a number of following collections beginning with the 1219 text Zoku Kojidan and Uji Shūi Monogatari
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese collection of setsuwa
Setsuwa
is a Japanese literary genre. It consists of myths, legends, folktales, and anecdotes.Setsuwa are based foremost on oral tradition. The stories are told to each other and later committed to text...
. It was authored by Minamoto no Akikane between 1212 and 1215 during the early Kamakura period
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
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The text is six volumes in length and contains 462 setsuwa stories. It was extremely popular and influenced a number of following collections beginning with the 1219 text Zoku Kojidan and Uji Shūi Monogatari
Uji Shui Monogatari
is a collection of Japanese tales written around the beginning of the 13th century. The author is unknown, and it may have been revised several times....
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