646 Mitford, A. B. (Algernon Bertram) (1837-1916)
Tales of old Japan. 1888.

Macmillan's Colonial Library. TALES OF OLD JAPAN. BY A. B. MITFORD, SECOND SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH LEGATION IN JAPAN. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY JAPANESE ARTISTS.
London, MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK, 1888. No. 15.
xii, 383, [4] p., [31] leaves of plates. 19 cm.

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CONTENTS.
THE FORTY-SEVEN RONINS. 1
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI. 25
KAZUMA'S REVENGE. 49
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATE OF YEDO. 68
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYEMON. 118
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO. 146
FAIRY TALES. 171
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW. 173
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE. 175
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN. 177
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM. 180
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB. 183
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING. 185
THE FOXES' WEDDING. 187
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI. 189
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR. 191
THE GHOST OF SAKURA. 193
HOW TAJIMA SHUME WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION. 234
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS. 243
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABESHIMA. 245
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT. 253
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES. 255
THE GRATEFUL FOXES. 261
THE BADGER'S MONEY. 270
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER. 275
JAPANESE SERMONS. 279
THE SERMONS OF KIU-O, VOL. I. SERMON I. 289
THE SERMONS OF KIU-O, VOL. I. SERMON II. 302
THE SERMONS OF KIU-O, VOL. I. SERMON III. 315
APPENDICES:—
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI. 329
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. 364
THE BIRTH AND REARING OF CHILDREN. 375
FUNERAL RITES. 381

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