Tales Of Old Japan by A.B Mitford

Hardcover Book
Japan Book
Great read

Tales Of Old Japan Description

The valuable lessons to be gleaned from this book of the history of Japan and toward the understanding of the people and things Japanese provoked this reprinting of A. B. Mitford's popular work.
By far it is the best anthology of its kind on Japanese literature. Adding credence to its authority and accepta-bility, Robert Louis Stevenson cited Mitford's collection of true stories, legends, fairy tales, etcetera, in an article the famous author wrote entitled, "Books Which Have Influenced Me."
First published nearly a century ago in 1871, Tales of Old Japan was written by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, First Baron Redesdale during his tenure (1866-
70) as Attache to Japan. The diplomat-author arrived in the country only just over a decade following the opening of isolationist Japan's seaports, initiated by the entry of American Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry and his
"Black Ships" at Shimoda in 1854.
In addition to learning about Japan through the reflection of its literature, Mitford's work contains valuable chronicled records on his own eye-witness report as one of the first foreigners to ever participate in a hara kiri ritual, and his delvings into the religious teachings of Japan in his day.

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