Author : Lord Redesdale
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329257316
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Tales of Old Japan by : Lord Redesdale
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Lord Redesdale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of Old Japan(1871) is ananthologyof short stories compiled byAlgernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name ofA.B. Mitford. These stories focus on various aspects ofJapanese lifebefore theMeiji Restoration. The book, which was written in 1871, forms an introduction toJapanese literatureandculture, both through the stories, all adapted from Japanese sources, and Mitford's supplementary notes. Also included are Mitford's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging fromharakiri(seppuku) and marriage to a selection of sermons