Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories by Yei Theodora Ozaki
In a country whose people are born story-tellers, where story-telling long since rose to the dignity of a profession, and the story-teller is sure of an appreciative audience, whether at a village fair or in a city theatre, the authoress had not to go far afield in search of her materials. But the range of this class of literature is wide, embracing as it does all that goes to make folk-lore, legendary history, fairy tales, and myths. From all these sources the present stories are drawn, and in each case the selection is justified and the story loses nothing in the telling. The simple directness of narrative peculiar to Japanese tales is not lost in the English setting, and the little glimpses we are given into Japanese verse may tempt the reader to do like Oliver Twist and ask for more.Mrs. Johnston's biography, A Biographical Profile, claims that Our translator Yei Theodora Ozaki came from an odd background, as mentioned in the opening material to Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories by Hugh Fraser. Bathia Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, one of their teachers, was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781483701431 |
| ISBN 10 | 1483701433 |
| Title | Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories |
| Author | Yei Theodora Ozaki |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Classics Press |
| Year published | 2013-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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