Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan

Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own culture.

This volume is a collection of ancient Japanese tales. We hear of ordinary mortals interacting with the spirit world, sometimes to their benefit, sometimes to their doom, we hear of love and hate, and of war and peace. Some of the stories will be entirely new to most readers, some of them will be uncannily familiar.


By : Richard Gordon Smith (1858 - 1918)

00 - Preface



01 - The Golden Hairpin



02 - The Spirit Of The Willow Tree



03 - Ghost of the Violet Well



04 - Ghost Story of the Flute's Tomb



05 - A Haunted Temple in Inaba Province



06 - A Carp Gives a Lesson in Perseverance



07 - Legends Told by a Fisherman on Lake Biwa, At Zeze



08 - A Miraculous Sword



09 - 'The Procession of Ghosts'



10 - A Faithful Servant



11 - Prince Hosokawa's Most Valuable Title-Deeds



12 - The Story of Kato Sayemon



13 - Great Fire Caused by a Lady's Dress



14 - History of Awoto Fujitsuna



15 - A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves



16 - Murakami Yoshiteru's Faithfulness



17 - A Story of Oki Islands



18 - Cape of the Woman's Sword



19 - How Yogodayu Won A Battle



20 - The Isolated or Desolated Island



21 - Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa



22 - Reincarnation



23 - The Diving-Woman of Oiso Bay



24 - Theft And Recovery of a Golden Kwannon



25 - Saigyo Hoshi's Rock



26 - How Masakuni Regained His Sight



27 - Sagami Bay



28 - The King of Torijima



29 - The Perpetual Life-Giving Wine



30 - The Hermit's Cave



31 - Yosoji's Camellia Tree



32 - Whales



33 - The Holy Cherry Tree of Musubi-no-Kami Temple



34 - A Story of Mount Kanzanrei



35 - White Bone Mountain



36 - A Stormy Night's Tragedy



37 - The Kakemono Ghost of Aki Province



38 - White Saké



39 - The Blind Beauty



40 - The Secret of Iidamachi Pond



41 - The Spirit of Yenoki



42 - The Spirit of the Lotus Lily



43 - The Temple of the Awabi



44 - Human Fireflies



45 - The Chrysanthemum Hermit



46 - The Princess Peony



47 - The Memorial Cherry Tree



48 - The 'Jirohei' Cherry Tree, Kyoto



49 - The Snow Ghost



50 - The Snow Tomb



51 - The Dragon-Shaped Plum Tree



52 - The Chessboard Cherry Tree



53 - The Precious Sword 'Natori no Hoto'



54 - The White Serpent God



55 - A Festival of the Awabi Fish



56 - The Spirit of a Willow Tree Saves Family Honour



57 - The Camphor Tree Tomb

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