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
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