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LOVE & ALLUREClassic Japanese Tales of Romance

  • 12 episodes planned
  • 1 available
  • 19 pages / per episode
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She Asked 'What's That?' He Never AnsweredThe Tales of Ise: Akutagawa

Episode 1 of the series. After years of longing, a man runs off into the night carrying the woman he loves on his back. Along the way she keeps asking, "What's that?" He never answers her last question. When a thunderstorm hits, he hides her in an old storehouse and stands guard at the door until morning. At dawn, she is gone. This is a thousand-year-old story of an elopement, and of one question that went unanswered.

19 pages

Series plan12

  1. Episode 1Available

    She Asked 'What's That?' He Never AnsweredThe Tales of Ise: Akutagawa

  2. Episode 2Planned

    The Shrine in the Fields

  3. Episode 3Planned

    The Scent of Orange BlossomsIzumi Shikibu's Diary

  4. Episode 4Planned

    The Serpent's Bride

  5. Episode 5Planned

    The Azusa BowThe Wife Who Waited

  6. Episode 6Planned

    AoiThe Living Ghost of Lady Rokujō

  7. Episode 7Planned

    The Ruined Cottage of Asaji

  8. Episode 8Planned

    The Empty RoomIs It the Same Moon?

  9. Episode 9Planned

    The Cauldron of Kibitsu

  10. Episode 10Planned

    DōjōjiThe Woman Who Became a Serpent

  11. Episode 11Planned

    Fireflies at Kibune

  12. Episode 12Planned

    The Eastward JourneyBirds of the Capital

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Love & Allure: Classic Japanese Tales of Romance

Region
Japan
Written
平安時代（10〜12世紀。伊勢物語・源氏物語・和泉式部日記・今昔物語集）と江戸時代（1776年。雨月物語）。根拠にする刊本は1610〜1930年の刊行
Author / compiler
紫式部（源氏物語）・和泉式部（和泉式部日記・和歌）・上田秋成（雨月物語）。伊勢物語は作者不詳、今昔物語集は編者不詳。校訂者は大和田建樹・佐藤仁之助・八波則吉・中川恭次郎ほか（江戸の版本は校訂者なし）

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