Tales of Old Japan

by Baron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Tales of Old Japan, by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

Note:
The author, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916), Lord Redesdale, was in the British Foreign Service as a young man. He was assigned to the legation in Japan for several years and acquired a life-long fascination with Japanese culture. This book has been a standard source of information about Japanese folklore and customs since its original publication in 1871 and has been in print ever since.

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TALES OF OLD JAPAN

by

LORD REDESDALE, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.

FORMERLY SECOND SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH LEGATION IN JAPAN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY JAPANESE ARTISTS

1910