Japanese Fairy Tales [antikvár]

NOTE These tales and legends have been collected from many sources. Some of them have been selected from the Ko-ji-ki, or Record of Ancient Matters^ which contains the mythology of Japan. Many are told from memory, being relics of childish days, originally heard from the lips of a schoolfellow or a nurse. Certain of them, again, form favourite subjects for representation upon the Japanese stage. A number of the stories now gathered together have been translated into English long ere this, and have appeared in this country in one form or another ; others are probably new to an English public. Thanks are due to Marcus B. Huish, Esq., who has allowed his story, " The Espousal of the Rat's Daughter," to be included in this collection ; and to Mrs. T. H. James for permission to use her version of " The Matsuyama Mirror." Vll