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