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Tales of Old Japan eBook & Audio Book by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
Tales of Old Japan is an anthology of short stories compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford.
These stories focus on various aspects of Japanese life before the Meiji Restoration. The book, which was written in 1871, forms an introduction to Japanese literature and culture, both through the stories, all adapted from Japanese sources, and Mitford's supplementary notes. Also included are Mitford's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging from harakiri (seppuku) and marriage to a selection of sermons.
CONTENTS OF THE EBOOK
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS1
THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS 1
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI 20
KAZUMA'S REVENGE 38
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO 54
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON 91
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO 115
FAIRY TALES 133
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW 135
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE 138
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN 141
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM 145
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB 149
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING 152
THE FOXES' WEDDING 155
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI 158
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR 160
THE GHOST OF SAKURA 161
HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION 192
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS 197
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA 200
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT 207
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES 209
THE GRATEFUL FOXES 213
THE BADGER'S MONEY 220
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER 224
JAPANESE SERMONS 227
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON I. 235
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON II. 244
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON III. 253
APPENDICES:—
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI 263
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY 288
ON THE BIRTH AND REARING OF CHILDREN 296
FUNERAL RITES 301
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