Samurai, Lovers, Ghosts (Illustrated Edition)

CANNON BOOKS PRESENTS: Samurai, Lovers, Ghosts -- Selected stories from the works of A. B. Mitford and Lafcadio Hearn. Edited by Ron D'Alena. This edition of "Samurai, Lovers, Ghosts" includes 21 illustrations associated with stories by A. B. Mitford that originally appeared in "Tales if Old Japan" (1871), and which were drawn by Ôdaké and cut on wood by a wood-engraver from Yedo (Tokyo). Discover ancient adventures and ghost stories that blend folklore and history during feudal Japan--an era of daimyo factions, wandering priests, revenge, and the SAMURAI, with their challenges of living and dying through Honor, Loyalty, Bravery, Discipline, Tradition and the Sword. A. B. MITFORD (1837 - 1916) SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Tales of Old Japan" The Forty-Seven Rônins, The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki, Kazuma's Revenge, A Story of the Otokodaté of Yedo, The Wonderful Adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyémon, The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto The Ghost of Sakura. LAFCADIO HEARN (1850 - 1904) SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" The Story of Mimi-Nashi Hoichi, Rokuro-Kubi, Jikininki, The Story of Aoyagi, Diplomacy. SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Shadowings" The Screen-Maiden, The Gratitude of the Samébito, The Reconciliation.