Description
Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.
Folk Legends of Japan contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.
Each legend is carefully annotated for the student, scholar, and a full bibliography is provided. Fortunately, the scholarly attributes of the book are now allowed to intrude between the general reader and his enjoyment of the legends themselves.
Anyone who loves a genuine old wives' tales, who savors firelit evenings of listening to the folk stories will find much pleasure in these Japanese stories. At the same time the folklorist will find a mine of information, and the Japanophile will discover the folk basis for many of the beliefs and customs that may have puzzled him in the past.
ASIN: 0804801916
VSKU: BVV.0804801916.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Dorson, Richard Mercer
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.
ASIN: 0804801916
VSKU: BVV.0804801916.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Dorson, Richard Mercer
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.