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Rare and modern books

Richard Gordon Smith

ANCIENT TALES AND FOLKLORE OF JAPAN. With thirty-two illustrations in colour by japanese artists

Bracken Books - London, 1986

15.00 €

Pezzoli Biglia Collection

(Vigevano, Italy)

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Year of publication
1986
Author
Richard Gordon Smith
Publishers
Bracken Books - London

Description

Coperta cartonata rigida con sovracoperta illustrata, formato cm. 22,5 x 16 e pagine 360. ’’IN INGLESE’’. This book gives a look into Japan’s past. It lets the reader see what life was like in those days and the tales they told in those days. It also lets the reader see what they belived in before they were Europeanized. In many of the stories there is interaction between spirits and the living. Some interactions are peacefull where the spirit helps the human with something,or the spirit has fallen in love with the human due to the human in question showing great respect to the vessel in which the spirit resides.In other tales the spirit is vengfull andis out to kill someone for some reason. Illustrazioni a colori e in nero. Buone condizioni. V844