W Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories Yei Theodora Ozaki
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Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories

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  1. Preface and Intro Note

    4:32

  2. Madame Yukio Ozaki, Part 1

    14:11

  3. Madame Yukio Ozaki, Part 2

    14:19

  4. Hachiro Tametomo, Part 1

    18:49

  5. Hachiro Tametomo, Part 2

    18:00

  6. Gen Sanmi Yorimasa, Part 1

    24:09

  7. Gen Sanmi Yorimasa, Part 2

    16:52

  8. The Story of Yoshitsune, Part 1

    22:23

  9. The Story of Yoshitsune, Part 2

    21:08

  10. The Story of Benkei, Part 1

    25:50

  11. The Story of Benkei, Part 2

    28:12

  12. The Goblin of Oyeyama, Part 1

    19:46

  13. The Goblin of Oyeyama, Part 2

    19:21

  14. Kidomaru the Robber

    27:16

  15. The Story of the Pots of Plum, Cherry and Pine

    28:23

  16. Shiragiku or White Chrysanthemum, Part 1

    28:40

  17. Shiragiku or White Chrysanthemum, Part 2

    20:23

  18. The Princess of the Bowl, Part 1

    30:43

  19. The Princess of the Bowl, Part 2

    23:41

  20. The Story of Lazy Taro

    32:59

Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories (1909) is a public domain work.

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Japanese warriors, goblins and magical gifts share the pages of this 1909 collection of folklore. Yei Theodora Ozaki explains that she adapted stories from several sources, adding details of place and atmosphere for English readers. The contents range from accounts of Tametomo, Yoshitsune and Benkei to tales of a bowl-wearing princess and Lazy Taro. An introductory note places the collection among legends, myths and fairy tales, while a biographical sketch describes the author's English education and later life in Japan.

One episode follows Raiko and his five knights through a mountain pass. Old men offer a magical gift and vanish into the clouds; Raiko understands them to be protective deities. Soon the party encounters a weeping princess beside a stream. These scenes give readers a sense of how the stories join human troubles to supernatural help. The collection offers an approachable way to explore Japanese storytelling and its mixture of named warriors and fantastic beings.

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Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
68
Language
English
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