PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
R. Keller Kimbrough is an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, Colby College, and the University of Colorado. He is the author of Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan.
The tales included in this collection fill a significant gap in our understanding of the intersection of itinerant Buddhist storytelling tradition and the early puppetry in Japanese religion and society. Kimbrough's introduction is informative and his translation is gripping and accessible.... A must read. -- Jane-Marie Law * Japanese Language and Literature * Kimbrough has been most active as a scholar of medieval religious literature, and his erudition is evident in these excellent translations of the sekkyo classics. -- William Lee * Japanese Journal of Religious Studies * This collection is of great value to theatre history, religious studies, and cultural studies.... [Wondrous Brutal Fictions] should be celebrated for making connections between the performative, the religious, and the textual. -- Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. * Japanese Studies *
