noun
A Collection of Tales from Uji
Title of a 13th-century Japanese setsuwa (tale) collection. Used as a proper noun referring to the literary work.
『宇治拾遺物語』は鎌倉時代の説話集です。
"A Collection of Tales from Uji" is a setsuwa collection from the Kamakura period.
The title means 'gleanings from Uji stories'; the exact derivation of the name is uncertain, but it refers to tales collected after the earlier 'Tales of Times Now Past' (今昔物語集).