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Libra Esoterica

Japanese fairy tale series.

by Basil Hall Chamberlin, Lafcadio Hearn, James Curtis Hepburn, T. H. James & David Thomson

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

A collection of eighteen Japanese traditional tales and folklore retold in English. no.1. : Momotaro. no.2. : Tongue cut sparrow; Shitakiri suzume. no.3. : Battle of the monkey and the crab; Sarukani kassen. no.4. : Old man who made the dead trees blossom. no.5. : Kachi-Kachi mountain; Kachikachi-yama. no.6. : Mouse's wedding; Nezumi no yomeiri. no.7. : Old man & the devils; Kobutori. no.9. : Serpent with eight heads; Yamata no orochi. no.10. : Matsuyama mirror; Matsuyama kagami. no.11. : Hare of Inaba; Inaba no shirousagi. no.12. : Cub's triumph (Noboshi no tegara). no.13. : Silly Jelly-fish (Kurage). no.14. : Princes fire-flash & fire-fade. no.15. : My lord-bag-o'-rice. no.16. : Wonderful tea kettle. no.17. : Schippeitaro. no.18. : Ogre's arm. no. 20. : Enchanted waterfall. 2nd Series no.1. : Goblin spider; Kumo.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “fairy tale” in the title, “Folklore” in the description, “Tales” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Tales· via Internet Archive
    • Tales· via Open Library
    • fairy tale· in title
    • Folklore· in description
    • Tales· in description
    • Tales· in subject

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Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1885T. Hasegawa; Tokyo, Japan : T. HasegawaEnglishPublic

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  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL15925325W
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