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The kwaidan of the Lady of Tamiya : samurai tales of the Tokugawa / [retold by] James S. De Benneville.
Van Pelt Library PS3507.E25 K93 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
- Series:
- Kegan Paul Japan library (Unnumbered)
- The Kegan Paul Japan library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghost stories, Japanese.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Yotsuya kwaidan
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- "Kwaidan" are what Lafcadio Hearn called "stories and studies of strange things" -- eerie tales which convey the enduring mystery of traditional Japanese culture and the world of the samurai. In this volume, de Benneville's rendition of the "Yotsuya Kwaidan" of Shunkintei Ryuo paints a picture of life in the capital city of Edo among samurai of the highest class, jostling for power at the court of the Shogun.
- Notes:
- "... based on the 'Yotsuya Kwaidan' of Shunkintei Ryuō ..." Cf. p. 10.
- "Map of Edo pre Meiji times" (folded) inserted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0710307004
- OCLC:
- 45437150
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