Tales of Times Now Past (Konjaku Monogatarishu)

Compiler unknown · c. 1120
Guide — overview, background, highlights
  1. The Thief Who Climbed to the Upper Story of Rashomon and Saw the Dead
  2. How General Toshihito, When Young, Took a Fifth-Rank Man from the Capital to Tsuruga
  3. How a Wandering Monk Came to Tateyama in Etchu and Met a Young Woman
  4. How Bees Stung Thieves to Death on Suzuka Mountain
  5. How a Monk of Dojoji in Kii Copied the Lotus Sutra and Saved Serpents
  6. How the God of Mimasaka Gave Up Human Sacrifice Through a Hunter's Plan
  7. Mount Obasute in Shinano