Torikaebaya monogatari : a Japanese tale of gender-swapped siblings
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書誌事項
Torikaebaya monogatari : a Japanese tale of gender-swapped siblings
Stanford University Press, 2026
- : cloth
- タイトル別名
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Torikaebaya monogatari no kenkyū
The changelings : a classical Japanese court tale
とりかへばや物語
- 統一タイトル
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)
"The translation is based on the text in Suzuki Hiromichi's Torikaebaya monogatari no kenkyū, the Koten bunko edition of the tale, and the Shintenshahan gentenshirizu reprint of the manuscript housed in the Imperial collection"--Preface
Originally published in 1983 under the title: The changelings : a classical Japanese court tale
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248)
Summary: "Torikaebaya monogatari is a twelfth-century Japanese tale like no other. As suggested by its title, which literally translates to "if only I could exchange them" (torikaebaya) "story" (monogatari), it follows the complications that arise when a nobleman has his two children swap genders - his son living as a woman, and his daughter living as a man. What unfolds is a tale of tragicomedy, familial love, and oblique social commentary as the two siblings embark on their secretly gender-crossed adult lives, subverting and satirizing literature of the period - most notably The Tale of Genji. In more recent times, the tale has sparked intellectual debate and creative inspiration in Japan, with its reception over time reflecting the ever-shifting views of gender and sexuality in that country. First published in English under the title The Changelings in 1983, this reissued edition of the translation by Rosette F. Willig, with an illuminating new introduction from Gustav Heldt, makes this enduring and inven