Note: The author, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916), Lord Redesdale, was in the British Foreign Service as a young man. He was assigned to the legation in Japan for several years and acquired a life-long fascination with Japanese culture. This book has been a standard source of information about Japanese folklore and customs since its original publication in 1871 and has been in print ever since. Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 13015-h.htm or 13015-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/0/1/13015/13015-h/13015-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org…
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