Japanese Legends and Folklore

Autor*innen

• A.B Mitford
• Michael Dylan Foster

Parameter

• 320 Seiten
• 12 Lesestunden

• Folklore, Volkskultur
• Geschichte
• Japan
• Klassiker
• Sachliteratur

Mehr zum Buch

Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford--who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat--presents a broad cross section of tales from many Japanese sources. Discover more about practically every aspect of Japanese life--from myths and legends to society and religion.This book features 30 fascinating Japanese stories, Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints bring the classic tales and essays to life. These influential stories helped shape the West's understanding of Japanese culture. A new foreword by Professor Michael Dylan Foster sheds light on the book's importance as a groundbreaking work of Japanese folklore, literature and history.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Einband: Paperback