{"product_id":"folk-legends-of-japan","title":"Folk Legends of Japan","description":"Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.\n\nFolk 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.\n\nEach 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.\n\nAnyone 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0804801916\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0804801916.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dorson, Richard Mercer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43783041450045,"sku":"BVV.0804801916.G","price":11.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0804801916-0.jpg?v=1791494466","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/folk-legends-of-japan","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}