Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old Japan

Algernon Freeman-Mitford, british diplomat, collector and writer (1837-1916)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE FORTY SEVEN RÔNINS

-04- THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI

-05- KAZUMA'S REVENGE

-06- A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO

-07- THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON

-08- THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO

-09- FAIRY TALES

-10- THE TONGUE CUT SPARROW

-11- THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA KETTLE

-12- THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN

-13- THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM

-14- THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB

-15- THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING

-16- THE FOXES' WEDDING

-17- THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI

-18- THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR

-19- THE GHOST OF SAKURA

-20- MIDZUNO SETSU NO KAMI

-21- HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION

-22- CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS

-23- THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA

-24- THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT

-25- A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES

-26- THE GRATEFUL FOXES

-27- THE BADGER'S MONEY

-28- THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER

-29- JAPANESE SERMONS

-30- SERMON I

-31- SERMON II

-32- APPENDIX A. AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA KIRI

-33- APPENDIX B. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY

-34- FOOTNOTES