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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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- Année de publication
- 2000
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Éditeur
- Wordsworth Editions
- Publié
- 2000
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1840225106
- ISBN13
- 9781840225105
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Livres pour enfants, Fantasy, Young Adult, Classiques, Fantasy young adult, Contes, Mythologie, Japon, Folklore, Sagas, Usages et coutumes, Samouraïs
- Titre original
- Tales of old Japan
- Évaluation
- 3,6 sur 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.