{"product_id":"9781462909636","title":"Folk Legends of Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eDelightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFolk Legends of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach legend is carefully annotated for the student, scholar, and a full bibliography is provided.  Fortunately, the scholarly attributes of the book are now allowed to intrude between the general reader and his enjoyment of the legends themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who loves a genuine old wives' tales, who savors firelit evenings of listening to the folk stories will find much pleasure in these Japanese stories.  At the same time the folklorist will find a mine of information, and the Japanophile will discover the folk basis for many of the beliefs and customs that may have puzzled him in the past.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143778025712,"sku":"9781462909636","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462909636_p0.jpg?v=1763680066","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462909636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}