A. B. Mitford

Japanese Legends and Folklore

Samurai Tales, Ghost Stories, Legends, Fairy Tales and Historical Accounts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Japanese Legends and Folklore

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9784805315019
• ISBN-10: 4805315016
• Artikelnr.: 53609248

Autorenporträt

A.B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale) was a British author and diplomat. He was attache at the British legation in Edo (Tokyo) at the beginning of Japan's turbulent Meiji Restoration and was witness to Japan's opening to the West. His writings were hugely popular and helped shape the West's understanding of Japanese culture. Michael Dylan Foster is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (2015), Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai (2009), and numerous articles on Japanese folklore, literature and media.