Tales of old Japan : folklore, fairy tales, ghost stories, and legends of the Samurai
Publication Information
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2005.
Physical Description
x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary
An engrossing array of stories, this entertaining volume chronicles an island nation's ancient culture. Compiled by one of the first foreign diplomats in Japan, the book provides grisly accounts of revenge and knightly exploits, a fascinating eyewitness account of a hara-kiri ceremony, tales of vampires and samurai, Buddhist sermons, and the plots of four Noh plays.
Notes
"This Dover edition ... is an unabridged republication of the third edition of the work, originally published by Macmillan and Company, London, in 1876"--Title page verso.