Title:
Author:
Date: 1776-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: Japanese
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菊花の約?Kikka no Chigiri
Kikka no Yaku
Title Record # 1759739
Kikka no Yaku
Author:
上田秋成?Akinari Uyeda
Date: 1776-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: geocities.jp, mouryou.ifdef.jp
Language: Japanese
Note: This is one of the stories of Ueda Akinari's 雨月物語, Ugetsu monogatari, Tales of Moonlight and Rain.
The original Japanese title of this story, 菊花の約, is transcribed as Kikka no chigiri in the Revised Hepburn notation, and means "the pledge of the chrysanthemum". It is composed of 菊花, kikka "chrysanthemum", の, no, "of" and 約, chigiri, "promise, pledge".
Synopsis: A man has promised to visit a friend on the day of the chrysanthemum festival, September 9th. He finds himself unable to because he has been imprisoned, and kills himself so that his ghost can escape and fulfil the pledge.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Japanese Gothic Tales | 1971-00-00 | Uyeda Akinari | University of Tokyo Press |
xxix+ 150 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Japanese Gothic Tales | 1972-00-00 | Uyeda Akinari | Columbia University Press | 0-231-03631-0 |
xxix+ 150 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Unter dem Regenmond | 1980-00-00 | Ueda Akinari | Klett-Cotta (Hobbit Presse) | 3-12-900460-2 | DM 20.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
178 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Unter dem Regenmond | 1982-11-00 | Ueda Akinari | Ullstein (Klett-Cotta im Ullstein-Taschenbuch #39048) | 3-548-39048-X | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
178+ [2] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Heinz Edelmann |  |
| Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 1: Tales of Old Edo | 2009-11-01 | ed. Higashi Masao | Kurodahan Press | 978-4-902075-08-3 | $16.00?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 274 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Yoshitoshi Tsukioka |