Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan
Richard Gordon Smith
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers





Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own culture.
This volume is a collection of ancient Japanese tales. We hear of ordinary mortals interacting with the spirit world, sometimes to their benefit, sometimes to their doom, we hear of love and hate, and of war and peace. Some of the stories will be entirely new to most readers, some of them will be uncannily familiar. - Summary by Carolin (11 hr 32 min)
Capítulos
Preface | 4:14 | Leído por Stefan Von Blon |
The Golden Hairpin | 25:03 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Spirit Of The Willow Tree | 16:34 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Ghost of the Violet Well | 12:56 | Leído por David McKay |
Ghost Story of the Flute's Tomb | 14:31 | Leído por David McKay |
A Haunted Temple in Inaba Province | 13:57 | Leído por David McKay |
A Carp Gives a Lesson in Perseverance | 8:16 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Legends Told by a Fisherman on Lake Biwa, At Zeze | 15:19 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
A Miraculous Sword | 12:46 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
'The Procession of Ghosts' | 8:57 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Faithful Servant | 8:22 | Leído por melaniebjensen |
Prince Hosokawa's Most Valuable Title-Deeds | 8:22 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Story of Kato Sayemon | 12:59 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
Great Fire Caused by a Lady's Dress | 10:13 | Leído por Maria Melodia Queri |
History of Awoto Fujitsuna | 6:05 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves | 11:43 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Murakami Yoshiteru's Faithfulness | 9:54 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Story of Oki Islands | 14:05 | Leído por Josh Kibbey |
Cape of the Woman's Sword | 11:11 | Leído por Angelique G. Campbell |
How Yogodayu Won A Battle | 7:59 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Isolated or Desolated Island | 11:27 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa | 12:05 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Reincarnation | 7:08 | Leído por Angelique G. Campbell |
The Diving-Woman of Oiso Bay | 14:31 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
Theft And Recovery of a Golden Kwannon | 10:32 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
Saigyo Hoshi's Rock | 12:56 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
How Masakuni Regained His Sight | 9:45 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
Sagami Bay | 9:17 | Leído por lcastleb1 |
The King of Torijima | 15:44 | Leído por Maria Melodia Queri |
The Perpetual Life-Giving Wine | 9:31 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
The Hermit's Cave | 9:29 | Leído por Rob Marland |
Yosoji's Camellia Tree | 12:42 | Leído por Rob Marland |
Whales | 10:24 | Leído por Vlad Amelchuck |
The Holy Cherry Tree of Musubi-no-Kami Temple | 16:12 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Story of Mount Kanzanrei | 12:48 | Leído por Vlad Amelchuck |
White Bone Mountain | 13:14 | Leído por Angelique G. Campbell |
A Stormy Night's Tragedy | 11:19 | Leído por Colleen McMahon |
The Kakemono Ghost of Aki Province | 13:22 | Leído por Colleen McMahon |
White Saké | 13:07 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Blind Beauty | 18:18 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Secret of Iidamachi Pond | 10:22 | Leído por Rob Marland |
The Spirit of Yenoki | 19:13 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Spirit of the Lotus Lily | 15:11 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Temple of the Awabi | 17:45 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Human Fireflies | 8:26 | Leído por Rob Marland |
The Chrysanthemum Hermit | 6:11 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
The Princess Peony | 14:18 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Memorial Cherry Tree | 13:00 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The 'Jirohei' Cherry Tree, Kyoto | 7:55 | Leído por David McKay |
The Snow Ghost | 9:28 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
The Snow Tomb | 10:52 | Leído por Maria Melodia Queri |
The Dragon-Shaped Plum Tree | 11:08 | Leído por David McKay |
The Chessboard Cherry Tree | 8:50 | Leído por David McKay |
The Precious Sword 'Natori no Hoto' | 10:32 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The White Serpent God | 12:36 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Festival of the Awabi Fish | 11:11 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Spirit of a Willow Tree Saves Family Honour | 12:56 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Camphor Tree Tomb | 15:42 | Leído por David McKay |
Reseñas





A LibriVox Listener
Many interesting old stories, which also give a fascinating look into old Japanese culture and history. A lot of the stories are quite sad and melancholy though, so you definitely need to be in the right mood for that. Most of the readers are also really good!
some good stories





Gerard Kelly
my 4 year old granddaughter is a more fluent reader than one of these readers, totally ruined this collection.





Mark Browning
I tried but the voices did my head in. good luck finishing it. Shame wanted to listen to this one