Book Review: Trubnikova, Nadezhda N. (2024). “Shasekishū” in the History of Japanese Philosophy
https://doi.org/10.55105/2500-2872-2025-1-128-133
Abstract
In 2024, a two-volume edition of N.N. Trubnikova’s translation and study of Shasekishū was republished. Shasekishū is a 13th-century Buddhist collection of setsuwa didactic tales. The compiler of the anthology, monk Mujū Ichien (1226–1312), presents diverse narratives borrowed from numerous sources, providing them with religious-philosophical commentary, vivid and often very detailed. The second volume includes the researcher’s essays on Mujū Ichien himself, the historical and cultural context of the compilation’s creation, the setsuwa genre as a whole, and various aspects that were addressed in the monk’s discourses, alongside other supplementary materials.
About the Author
M. S. Kolyada
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kolyada Maria S., PhD (Philosophy), Research Fellow
82/2, Vernadsky Prosp., Moscow, 119606
References
1. Trubnikova, N. N. (Transl.). (2024a). «Sobranie peska i kamnei» v istorii yaponskoi filosofskoi mysli. T. 1. Sobranie peska i kamnei [“Shasekishū” in the History of Japanese Philosophy. Vol. 1. “Shasekishū”]. Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. (In Russian).
2. Trubnikova, N. N. (2024b). «Sobranie peska i kamnei» v istorii yaponskoi filosofskoi mysli. T. 2. Issledovanie. Ukazateli. Prilozhenie [“Shasekishū” in the History of Japanese Philosophy. Vol. 2. Research. Indices. Supplement]. Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. (In Russian).
Review
For citations:
Kolyada M.S. Book Review: Trubnikova, Nadezhda N. (2024). “Shasekishū” in the History of Japanese Philosophy. Japanese Studies in Russia. 2025;(1):128-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55105/2500-2872-2025-1-128-133
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