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Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan, by Richard Gordon Smith, [1918], at sacred-texts.com


p. ix

Contents

 

 

PAGE

1.

THE GOLDEN HAIRPIN

1

2.

THE SPIRIT OF THE WILLOW TREE

12

3.

GHOST OF THE VIOLET WELL

19

4.

GHOST STORY OF THE FLUTE'S TOMB

27

5.

A HAUNTED TEMPLE IN INABA PROVINCE

36

6.

A CARP GIVES A LESSON IN PERSEVERANCE

44

7.

LEGENDS TOLD BY A FISHERMAN ON LAKE BIWA, AT ZEZE

47

8.

A MIRACULOUS SWORD

56

9.

'THE PROCESSION OF GHOSTS'

61

10.

A FAITHFUL SERVANT

65

11.

PRINCE HOSOKAWA'S MOST VALUABLE TITLE-DEEDS

71

12.

THE STORY OF KATO SAYEMON

75

13.

GREAT FIRE CAUSED BY A LADY'S DRESS

82

14.

HISTORY OF AWOTO FUJITSUNA

88

15.

A LIFE SAVED BY A SPIDER AND TWO DOVES

91

16.

MURAKAMI YOSHITERU'S FAITHFULNESS

96

17.

A STORY OF OKI ISLANDS

101

18.

CAPE OF THE WOMAN'S SWORD

110

 

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PAGE

19.

HOW YOGODAYU WON A BATTLE

116

20.

THE ISOLATED OR DESOLATED ISLAND.

120

21.

CHIKUBU ISLAND, LAKE BIWA

126

22.

REINCARNATION

132

23.

THE DIVING-WOMAN OF OISO BAY

136

24.

THEFT AND RECOVERY OF A GOLDEN KWANNON

144

25.

SAIGYO HOSHI'S ROCK

150

26.

HOW MASAKUNI REGAINED HIS SIGHT

157

27.

SAGAMI BAY

162

28.

THE KING OF TORIJIMA

168

29.

THE PERPETUAL LIFE-GIVING WINE

178

30.

THE HERMIT'S CAVE

183

31.

YOSOJI'S CAMELLIA TREE

189

32.

WHALES

196

33.

THE HOLY CHERRY TREE OF MUSUBI-NO-KAMI TEMPLE

202

34.

A STORY OF MOUNT KANZANREI

208

35.

WHITE BONE MOUNTAIN

215

36.

A STORMY NIGHT'S TRAGEDY

223

37.

THE KAKEMONO GHOST OF AKI PROVINCE

231

38.

WHITE SAKÉ

239

39.

THE BLIND BEAUTY

245

40.

THE SECRET OF IIDAMACHI POND

253

41.

THE SPIRIT OF YENOKI

259

42.

THE SPIRIT OF THE LOTUS LILY

267

43.

THE TEMPLE OF THE AWABI

274

44.

HUMAN FIREFLIES

282

 

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PAGE

45.

THE CHRYSANTHEMUM HERMIT

287

46.

THE PRINCESS PEONY

291

47.

THE MEMORIAL CHERRY TREE

297

48.

THE 'JIROHEI' CHERRY TREE, KYOTO

302

49.

THE SNOW GHOST

307

50.

THE SNOW TOMB

312

51.

THE DRAGON-SHAPED PLUM TREE

319

52.

THE CHESSBOARD CHERRY TREE

326

53.

THE PRECIOUS SWORD 'NATORI NO HOTO'.

331

54.

THE WHITE SERPENT GOD

336

55.

A FESTIVAL OF THE AWABI FISH

341

56.

THE SPIRIT OF A WILLOW TREE SAVES FAMILY HONOUR

346

57.

THE CAMPHOR TREE TOMB

352

 


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