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Book Description: Carmen Blacker's spirited translation of Santo Kyoden's 'Mukashi banashi inazuma byoshi' (from which the title 'The Straw Sandal' is taken), considered by Aston to be his masterpiece, reveals a multi layered and fascinating tale of revenge Japanese style, thereby providing a classic example of a classic genre within Japanese literature. Aston makes the point that the plot of this late eighteenth century novel, developed over twenty chapters or episodes, is so complicated that 'it is impossible to give an adequate summary...'But he goes on to promise several murders and homicides, a harakiri and other suicides, terrific combats, hairbreadth escapes, strange meetings and surprising recognitions. In addition, there are scenes of witchcraft and enchantment with dreams, magic terrors and ghosts who rove by night. 'The Straw Sandal', which contains most of the original black and white woodblock prints together with textual notes added by the translator, will surely be widely welcomed both in the world of literature as well as that of Japanese studies.

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