Author: Hugh Cortazzi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134279531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
As the preface to this new edition points out, Mitford (Algernon Bertram, the first Lord Redesdale) was a gifted writer whose descriptions of Japan, during the critical time of transition from a feudal to a modern state in the late nineteenth century, are a testimony to his narrative skills, accuracy and objective reporting - qualities which are sometimes overshadowed by the higher profile given to his contemporary Ernest Satow. Accordingly, this new paperback edition, which makes the Mitford memoirs available to a much wider audience, includes a wide selection of extracts from Mitford's bestselling Tales of Old Japan (1871) - what Mitford, according to Carmen Blacker, perceived as the essence of the Japanese spirit: 'heroic, ruthless, devotedly loyal, bloody and chivalrous'.
Mitford's Japan
Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan
Author: Asiatic Society of Japan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
List of transactions, v. 1-41 in v. 41.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
List of transactions, v. 1-41 in v. 41.
The Japan Chronicle
A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State
Author: Robert Morton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781898823483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An accomplished linguist and writer, A.B. Mitford was the outstanding chronicler of the Meiji Restoration, complementing the writings of his contemporary Ernest Satow. This book will be of particular interest to students and readers of Japanese history, as well as readers of nineteenth-century biography in general.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781898823483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An accomplished linguist and writer, A.B. Mitford was the outstanding chronicler of the Meiji Restoration, complementing the writings of his contemporary Ernest Satow. This book will be of particular interest to students and readers of Japanese history, as well as readers of nineteenth-century biography in general.
Japan Times. Weekly Edition
Japanese Legends and Folklore
Author: A.B. Mitford
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462920713
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford--who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat--presents a broad cross section of tales from many Japanese sources. Discover more about practically every aspect of Japanese life--from myths and legends to society and religion. This book features 30 fascinating Japanese stories, including: The Forty-Seven Ronin--the famous, epic tale of a loyal band of Samurai warriors who pay the ultimate price for avenging the honor of their fallen master. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow--a good-hearted old man is richly rewarded when he begs forgiveness from a sparrow who is injured by his spiteful, greedy wife. The Adventures of Little Peach Boy--a tale familiar to generations of Japanese children, a small boy born from a peach is adopted by a kindly childless couple. Japanese Sermons--a selection of sermons written by a priest belonging to the Shingaku sect, which combines Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian teachings. An Account of Hara-Kiri--Mitford's dramatic first person account of a ritual Samurai suicide, the first time it had been reported in English. Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints bring the classic tales and essays to life. These influential stories helped shape the West's understanding of Japanese culture. A new foreword by Professor Michael Dylan Foster sheds light on the book's importance as a groundbreaking work of Japanese folklore, literature and history.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462920713
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford--who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat--presents a broad cross section of tales from many Japanese sources. Discover more about practically every aspect of Japanese life--from myths and legends to society and religion. This book features 30 fascinating Japanese stories, including: The Forty-Seven Ronin--the famous, epic tale of a loyal band of Samurai warriors who pay the ultimate price for avenging the honor of their fallen master. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow--a good-hearted old man is richly rewarded when he begs forgiveness from a sparrow who is injured by his spiteful, greedy wife. The Adventures of Little Peach Boy--a tale familiar to generations of Japanese children, a small boy born from a peach is adopted by a kindly childless couple. Japanese Sermons--a selection of sermons written by a priest belonging to the Shingaku sect, which combines Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian teachings. An Account of Hara-Kiri--Mitford's dramatic first person account of a ritual Samurai suicide, the first time it had been reported in English. Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints bring the classic tales and essays to life. These influential stories helped shape the West's understanding of Japanese culture. A new foreword by Professor Michael Dylan Foster sheds light on the book's importance as a groundbreaking work of Japanese folklore, literature and history.
Community Bookshelf
Author: Minneapolis Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Yale Review
Author: George Park Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Japan
Author: Frank Joseph Shulman
Publisher: Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description