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Verzameling van Japans bekendste sprookjes, mythen en legenden.

This book reveals the origins of Japans myths in the very different realms of Buddhism, Shinto, and folklore, and explores related mythologies of the Ainu and Okinawan cultures and recent myths arising from Japans encounters with modernization.

These tales cover a wide array of subjects: grisly accounts of revenge, knightly exploits, ghost stories, fairy tales, folklore, an eyewitness account of a hara-kiri ceremony, narratives of vampires and samurai, Buddhist sermons, and plots of 4 Noh plays.