noun
Konjaku Monogatarishū; Tales of Times Now Past
A 31-volume collection of stories from the late Heian period. This is a proper noun referring to the literary work.
今昔物語集は、平安時代後期に成立した説話集です。
Konjaku Monogatarishū is a collection of tales compiled in the late Heian period.
The title 今昔物語集 literally means 'collection of tales of times now past'. The exact derivation of the work's name is uncertain, but it reflects the content of stories from India, China, and Japan.