Japanese legends and folklore: Samurai tales, ghost stories, legends, fairy tales, myths and historical accounts / A.B. Mitford; with a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster.
By: Mitford, A.B
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Contributor(s): Foster, Michael Dylan.
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BookPlace of publication: SingaporePublisher: Tuttle PublishingDate of publication: 2019Edition: 1st edition.Description: 319 pages: illustrated, 21 cm.ISBN: 9784805315019.Subject(s): Japan -- Folklore | Japan -- Manners and customsDDC classification: 398.2095 M683 2019 Summary: Japanese Legends and Folklore includes a fascinating selection of stories on the people and culture of Japan. A.B. Mitford presents tales from a broad cross section of Japanese prose covering practically every part of Japanese life.
This book includes 30 fascinating stories including:
- The Forty-Seven Ronin: A loyal band of Samurai warriors pay the ultimate price for avenging the honor of their fallen master.
- The Tongue-Cut Sparrow: A sparrow rewards a good-hearted old man after it is injured by his spiteful. greedy wife.
- The Adventures of Little Peach Boy: A small boy born from a peach is adopted by a kindly childless couple.
- Japanese Sermons: A selection of sermons from the Shingaku sect, which combines Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian teachings.
- An Account of Hara-Kiri: Mitford's dramatic eyewitness account of a ritual suicide, the first time it had been reported in English.
A new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster underlines the book's importance as a classic of Japanese folklore, literature and history. Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints illustrate the works.
(From the back cover)
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High School Department Reading Area (Main - HS) | 300-399 Social Science | 398.2095 M683 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Includes appendices.
Japanese Legends and Folklore includes a fascinating selection of stories on the people and culture of Japan. A.B. Mitford presents tales from a broad cross section of Japanese prose covering practically every part of Japanese life.
This book includes 30 fascinating stories including:
- The Forty-Seven Ronin: A loyal band of Samurai warriors pay the ultimate price for avenging the honor of their fallen master.
- The Tongue-Cut Sparrow: A sparrow rewards a good-hearted old man after it is injured by his spiteful. greedy wife.
- The Adventures of Little Peach Boy: A small boy born from a peach is adopted by a kindly childless couple.
- Japanese Sermons: A selection of sermons from the Shingaku sect, which combines Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian teachings.
- An Account of Hara-Kiri: Mitford's dramatic eyewitness account of a ritual suicide, the first time it had been reported in English.
A new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster underlines the book's importance as a classic of Japanese folklore, literature and history. Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints illustrate the works.
(From the back cover)
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