A collection of Japanese legends, folk tales, and customs, including the vendetta of the forty-seven ronin.
Books that mention Tales of Old Japan (4)
Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe: “Mitford, in his “Tales of Old Japan,” after giving a translation of a treatise on _seppuku_ from a rare Japanese manuscript, goes on to describe an instance of such an execution of which he was an eye-witness”
The History of Mr Polly by H. G. Wells: “But he read all sorts of things; a book of old Keltic stories collected by Joyce charmed him, and Mitford's Tales of Old Japan, and a number of paper-covered volumes, _Tales from Blackwood_, he had acquired at Easewood, remained a stand-by.”
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series by Lafcadio Hearn: “In the Introduction to his charming Tales of Old Japan, Mr. Mitford wrote in 1871: 'The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little:”
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn: “There is probably none of my readers unacquainted with Mitford's ever-delightful Tales of Old Japan, and his translation of the true story of the "Forty-Seven Ronins."”