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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