Tales of Old Japan
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Tales of Old Japan, by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
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TALES OF OLD JAPAN
by
LORD REDESDALE, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
FORMERLY SECOND SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH LEGATION IN JAPAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY JAPANESE ARTISTS
1910
1910
FORMERLY SECOND SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH LEGATION IN JAPAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY JAPANESE ARTISTS
1910
1910
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
TALES OF OLD JAPAN
THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI
KAZUMA'S REVENGE
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO;
BEING THE SUPPLEMENT OF
BEING THE SUPPLEMENT OF
THE STORY OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI
NOTE ON ASAKUSA
NOTE ON THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.
NOTE ON ASAKUSA
NOTE ON THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO
NOTE
NOTE
FAIRY TALES
FAIRY TALES
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
THE FOXES' WEDDING
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
THE FOXES' WEDDING
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR
THE GHOST OF SAKURA
THE GHOST OF SAKURA.60
NOTE.
THE GHOST OF SAKURA.60
NOTE.
HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES
THE GRATEFUL FOXES
THE BADGER'S MONEY
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES
THE GRATEFUL FOXES
THE BADGER'S MONEY
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER
JAPANESE SERMONS
JAPANESE SERMONS
SERMON I
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
SERMON II
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
SERMON III
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. 1)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. 1)
SERMON I
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
SERMON II
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I)
SERMON III
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. 1)
(THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. 1)
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI
(FROM A RARE JAPANESE MS.)
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION
ON THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE HARA-KIRI OF A PERSON GIVEN IN CHARGE TO A DAIMIO.
ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.
CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).
(FROM A RARE JAPANESE MS.)
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION
ON THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE HARA-KIRI OF A PERSON GIVEN IN CHARGE TO A DAIMIO.
ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.
CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI
(FROM A RARE JAPANESE MS.)
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION
ON THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE HARA-KIRI OF A PERSON GIVEN IN CHARGE TO A DAIMIO.
ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.
CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).
(FROM A RARE JAPANESE MS.)
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION
ON THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE HARA-KIRI OF A PERSON GIVEN IN CHARGE TO A DAIMIO.
ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.
CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).
APPENDIX B
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI"—RECORD OF CEREMONIES.)
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI"—RECORD OF CEREMONIES.)
NOTE.
ON THE BIRTH AND BEARING OF CHILDREN
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
FUNERAL RITES
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
NOTE.
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI"—RECORD OF CEREMONIES.)
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI"—RECORD OF CEREMONIES.)
NOTE.
ON THE BIRTH AND BEARING OF CHILDREN
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
FUNERAL RITES
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
(FROM THE "SHO-REI HIKKI.")
NOTE.
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