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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
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2000
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Editore
- Wordsworth Editions
- Pubblicato
- 2000
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1840225106
- ISBN13
- 9781840225105
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Libri per bambine e bambini, Fantasy, Young Adult, Classici, Fiabe, Fantasy young adult, Mitologia, Giappone, Folclore, Saga, Usanze e tradizioni, Samurai
- Titolo originale
- Tales of old Japan
- Valutazione
- 3,6 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.