The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction Medical imaging A great work of art

A great work of art is no exception

a girl must confront the dark thing that lives in the forest—and the growing darkness in herself

begin to savour your daily walk to work

How do you catch a mermaid

evocative story of love and coping with loss that kept me turning the pages late into the night

The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction Medical imaging A great work of artThe classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan) tells the story of a band of outlaws in twelfth century China and their insurrection against the corrupt imperial court. Imported into Japan in the early seventeenth century, it became a ubiquitous source of inspiration for translations, adaptations, parodies, and illustrated woodblock prints. There is no work of Chinese fiction more important to both the development of early modern Japanese