Other editions of book Japanese fairy tales,

- With 40 colour illustrations by Warwick Goble.Grace James was an English writer of children's literature and a Japanese folklorist. Her Japanese Fairy Tales (1910) collected and retold stories from the Japanese folk tradition.Stories1. Green Willow2. The Flute3. The Tea-Kettle4. The Peony Lantern5. The Sea King and the Magic Jewels6. The Good Thunder7. The Black Bowl8. The Star Lovers9. Horaizan10. Reflections11. The Story of Susa, the Impetuous12. The Wind in the Pine Tree13. Flower of the Peony14. The Mallet15. The Bell of Dōjōji16. The Maiden of Unai17. The Robe of Feathers18. The Singing Bird of Heaven19. The Cold Lady20. The Fire Quest21. A Legend of Kwannon22. The Espousal of the Rat’s Daughter23. The Land of Yomi24. The Spring Lover and the Autumn Lover25. The Strange Story of the Golden Comb26. The Jelly-Fish takes a Journey27. Urashima28. Tamamo, the Fox Maiden29. Momotaro30. The Matsuyama Mirror31. Broken Images32. The Tongue-cut Sparrow33. The Nurse34. The Beautiful Dancer of Yedo35. Hana-Saka-Jiji36. The Moon Maiden37. Karma38. The Sad Story of the Yaoya’s Daughter

A collection of eight fairy tales from Japan including "Chin-Chin Kobakama," "The Boy Who Drew Cats", "The Goblin Spider","The Fountain of Youth", "Mother in the Mirror","The Old Woman and Her Dumplings", "Urashima", "The Green Willow", and "The Tea-Kettle." Illustrated with with brightly-colored Japanese style block prints by Ruth McCrea These stories are traditional Japanese folk tales and most are versions written by the great writer and scholar of Japanese culture, Lafcadio Hearn.

These 38 Japanese tales and legends have been collected from many sources. Some of them have been selected from the Ko-ji-ki, or Record of Ancient Matters, which contains the mythology of Japan. Tales like GREEN WILLOW, THE FLUTE, THE SEA KING AND THE MAGIC JEWELS, THE PEONY LANTERN, THE ROBE OF FEATHERS, THE BELL OF DŌJŌJI, THE MOON MAIDEN, THE COLD LADY, A LEGEND OF KWANNON, THE SINGING BIRD OF HEAVEN and many, many more all with a uniquely Japanese flavour made more appealing by Warwick Goble's 16 exquisite illustrations. Many have been told from memory, being relics of childish days, originally heard from the lips of a school-fellow or a nurse. Certain of them, again, form favourite subjects which have been represented upon the Japanese stage and are still short and entertaining enough to hold a child's attention without them becoming bored. A few of the stories, now gathered together, have been translated into English and have previously appeared in one form or another; others are probably new to the 21st C. Western reader.

Limited to 50 numbered copies. Angelo Bibliography p.54 . Prologue by Edward Larocque Tinker. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. The author, born in Dublin, Ireland, moved to Japan and became very familiar with Japanese culture. The fables came from the people around him. Cover detached and worn. 64, 2 pages. original leather, top edge silver.. tall 8vo..