Takaoka's Travels
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Winner of the Yomiuri Prize and recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.




Introducing Tatsuhiko Shibusawa—Japan’s Italo Calvino—in this fantastical tale of a Japanese prince who encounters both beauty and danger on a pilgrimage to India.




A fantasy set in the ninth century, Takaoka’s Travels recounts the adventures of a Japanese prince-turned-monk on a pilgrimage to India. As Prince Takaoka and his companions pass through faraway lands, the rules of the ordinary world are upended, and they find curiosities and miracles wherever they go. The travelers encounter strange creatures--a white ape who guards a harem of bird-women, beasts who feed on dreams, a dog-headed man who can see hundreds of years into the future. On the high seas, their ship is boarded by ghostly pirates and driven back by supernatural winds, and still they push on. At every turn, Prince Takaoka is drawn to the beauty around him, whether it takes the form of a perfectly shaped pearl or a giant blood-red flower, but such beauty proves to be extremely dangerous. Seductive and mysterious, offering high adventure yet deeply human, this is a novel that transcends all expectations.




With an afterword by translator David Boyd.

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Publisher
MONKEY
Year
2024
ISBN
9798988688716
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Letteratura giapponese

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dugong
  6. Orchid Chambers
  7. Garden of Dreams
  8. Honey Man
  9. Mirror Lake
  10. Pearl
  11. Viṅkā
  12. Translator’s Afterword
  13. Back Cover