Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan
Richard Gordon Smith
Sixty-two folktales and ghost legends that Richard Gordon Smith heard firsthand from fishermen, priests and villagers across Japan. Haunted temples, spirit willows, magic swords and fox women fill its pages.
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