Tales of Old Japan
by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale
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Mitford’s famous collection of classic tales (the first to appear in English) covers an engrossing array of grisly accounts of revenge, knightly exploits, ghost stories, fairy tales, folklore, a fascinating eyewitness account of a hara-kiri ceremony, gripping narratives of vampires and samurai, Buddhist sermons, and the plots of four Noh plays.A treasury, as well, of information on most aspects of Japanese life, with information on locales, customs, and characters, the illustrated volume delights as it entertains, chronicling acts of heroism, devotion, ruthlessness, and chivalry that illuminat...
Chapters (354)
- TALES OF OLD JAPAN
- LORD REDESDALE, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
- FORMERLY SECOND SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH LEGATION IN JAPAN
- WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY JAPANESE ARTISTS
- 1910
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- TALES OF OLD JAPAN
- THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS
- THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI
- KAZUMA'S REVENGE
- A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO;
- BEING THE SUPPLEMENT OF
- THE STORY OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI
- NOTE ON ASAKUSA
- NOTE ON THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.
- THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON
- THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO
- NOTE
- FAIRY TALES
- FAIRY TALES
- THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
- THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
- THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN
- THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM
- THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB
- THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
- THE FOXES' WEDDING
- THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI
- THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR
- THE GHOST OF SAKURA
- THE GHOST OF SAKURA.60
- NOTE.
- HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION
- CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS
- CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS
- THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA
- THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT
- HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES
- THE GRATEFUL FOXES
- THE BADGER'S MONEY
- THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER
- JAPANESE SERMONS
- JAPANESE SERMONS
- SERMON I
- (THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
- SERMON II
- (THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
- SERMON III
- (THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. 1)
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI
- (FROM A RARE JAPANESE MS.)
- ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION
- ON THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE HARA-KIRI OF A PERSON GIVEN IN CHARGE TO A DAIMIO.
- ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.
- CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).
- APPENDIX B
- THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY
- (FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI"—RECORD OF CEREMONIES.)
- NOTE.
- ON THE BIRTH AND BEARING OF CHILDREN
- (FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
- FUNERAL RITES
- (FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
- NOTE.
- THE END
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