Hobutsushu

The Hobutsushu (宝物集, "Collection of Treasures) is a Japanese anthology of setsuwa stories compiled by the monk Tairano Yasuyori in 1179.

The stories take the form of a series of discussions between a Zen monk and an audience, and are intended to guide the reader towards satori.[1] Among the subjects covered are the stories of Rama, derived from Indian and Chinese sources,[2][3] and the fate of Murasaki Shikibu, whom Tairano condemns to hell for publishing fiction.[4]

References
  1. Terry Kawashima (2001). Writing Margins: The Textual Construction of Gender in Heian and Kamakura Japan. Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-674-00516-7. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. Mary Ellen Snodgrass (12 May 2010). Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4381-1906-9. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  3. India International Centre (1 January 2002). India and east Asia: culture and society. Shipra Publications. p. 156. ISBN 978-81-7541-106-7. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  4. Haruo Shirane (1987). The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji. Stanford University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8047-1719-9. Retrieved 27 June 2012.


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