Tales of Old Japan

"One of the first and in many ways still one of the best books on Japan." — The Japan Times First published in 1871, Tales of Old Japan has withstood the test of time and taken its place as one of the classic volumes of Japanese literature. The book presents a broad cross section of Japanese prosehistorical tales like the famous story of the Fortyseven Ronin; nonfiction reporting on marriage, funerals and the author's gory eyewitness account of harakiri; fairy tales and stories of superstition f