Tales of old Japan.
By: By A.B. Mitford ... With illustrations, drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists.
Edition: Shilling ed.
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Legends -- Japan.
Notes: First edition in 1871 (2 vols.).
Table of contents: title: The forty-seven rônins. The loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki. Kazuma's revenge. A story of the Otokodaté of Yedo. The wonderful adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyémon. The Eta maiden and the Hatamoto. Fairy tales. The ghost of Sakura. How Tajima Shumé was tormented by a devil of his own creation. Concerning certain superstitions. Japanese sermons. Appendices: An account of the harakiri. The marriage ceremony. The birth and rearing of children. Funeral rites.