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Tales of Old Japan was the first collection of Japanese popular stories to appear in English and is a classic among writings from Japan. Mitford's work covers the genres of ghost story, fairy tale, folklore and tales of the samurai. Here you will find mysterious No Plays, a fascinating eye-witness account of a hara-kiri ceremony by candlelight and tales of vampires and other creatures of superstition - magic cats, foxes and badgers. Included too are the tale of the cat who bites to death a concubine and transforms itself into a witch-simulacrum of her and the most celebrated story, The Ghost of Sakura.
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Myth, Legend and Folklore: Tales of Old Japan, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Baron Redesdale
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Myth, Legend and Folklore: Tales of Old Japan
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1840225106
- ISBN13
- 9781840225105
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult, Classics, Fairy Tales & Stories, Young Adult Fantasy, Mythology, Japan, Folklore, Folk Culture, Sagas, Customs and Traditions, Samurais
- Original title
- Tales of old Japan
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- Tales of Old Japan was the first collection of Japanese popular stories to appear in English and is a classic among writings from Japan. Mitford's work covers the genres of ghost story, fairy tale, folklore and tales of the samurai. Here you will find mysterious No Plays, a fascinating eye-witness account of a hara-kiri ceremony by candlelight and tales of vampires and other creatures of superstition - magic cats, foxes and badgers. Included too are the tale of the cat who bites to death a concubine and transforms itself into a witch-simulacrum of her and the most celebrated story, The Ghost of Sakura.