Folk Legends of Japan
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Book Overview
In Folk Legends of Japan, Dr. Richard M. Dorson has presented representative legends from all over Japan, from northern Honshu to Shikoku and Kyushui. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:B004BX271W
Release Date:January 1963
Publisher:Charles E. Tuttle
Weight:1.35 lbs.
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Enchanting
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is no book of Westernised fairy tales - this is a sprawling collection of self-contained tiny legends pertaining to people, places and things. Most of them are just a couple of pages long, and a good many are not so much stories as remarks, but the whole thing is endlessly engrossing. Anyone interested in mythology or in Japan should own this. I've never read another book that does what this one does so elegantly and comprehensively.
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