English10-5 The Tale of a Beautiful Woman Taken to a Remote Land
Once upon a time, during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty in China (49 BC - 33 BC), the Emperor selected the...
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English28-39 The Tale of How the Reincarnation of a Tapeworm Dissolved and Vanished
Once upon a time, there was a woman who had a tapeworm (sunpaku) living inside her belly. She became the wife of a man n...
English1-10 The Story of Devadatta Attempting to Harm the Buddha
Once upon a time, there was a man named Devadatta. He was a paternal cousin of the Buddha. Devadatta was the son of King...
English17-2 The Tale of a Ruffian Mistaken for Jizo
Once upon a time, in the province of Owari (Aichi Prefecture), there lived a man who had entered the priesthood and take...
English9-18 The Story of a Father Who Cooked and Served His Daughter
Once upon a time, during the Zhenguan era of China (627-649), there lived a man named Wei Qingzhi who served as the Chie...
English26-17 The Story of Using a Fox as a Messenger (The Source Story for Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Yam Gruel)
Once upon a time, there was a man known as General Toshihito. He served under the most powerful man of that era (Fujiwar...
English10-19 How a Broken Mirror Revealed a Wife’s Infidelity
Once upon a time, in ancient China, there lived a man named Su Ki. One day, he was appointed as the King's envoy to tra...
English27-35 The Brothers Who Exterminated the Monster Visiting a Corpse
Once upon a time, there lived two brothers in a district of a country . Both were men of courageous spirit and possesse...
English2-36 The Strange Child Who Ate Feces and urine
Once upon a time, in the city of Vaisali in India, there lived a wealthy man, named Shara. When his wife became p...
English26-1 The Father Whose Child Was Carried Away by an Eagle
Once upon a time, there was a man who lived in Nami District, Tajima Province (present-day Mikata District, Hyogo Prefec...
English3-18 The Saints Who Disguised Themselves as Novices
Once upon a time, in the royal capital of India , it was customary not to perform offerings to the Three Treasures -Budd...
English28-20 The Tale of the High Priest with the Long, Long Nose (Original Story of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “The Nose”)
Once upon a time, in Ikebeo (present-day Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture), there was a high-ranking priest named Zenchi Nai...
English9-17 The Man Who Beat His Mother Until Blood Flowed
Once upon a time, in China during the Sui dynasty, there lived a man in Luoyang. This man had received a horse and kept...
English1-8 The First Sermon at Sarnath (The Life of Gautama Buddha 15)
Once upon a time,the Tathāgata (Shakyamuni Buddha) went to the country of Varanasi, where five ascetics, including Kaund...
English31-3 The Tale of a Monk Who Killed a Girl to Avoid Committing Lustful Sin
Once upon a time, there lived a monk named Acharya Tankei. He was a disciple of the great priest Jikaku Daishi (Ennin). ...