The legends of ancient Japan

"Tales of ancient Japan" are not just folk tales, but a real monument of literature, capturing the spirit of the nation, the worldview of the Japanese people, the originality of its mythology and the life structure.
The compiler of the collection of the Japanese writer Sazanami Sandzin collected the legend and traditions scattered according to various sources and outlined them in modern language. The book presents 24 exciting stories that can be divided into several groups: mythical - the oldest, telling about the Japanese deities, legendary historical - they reflect the formation and development of the Japanese state, the so -called "cultural", where the ethical and religious principles of the Japanese people are transmitted. , his ideas about good and evil, love and honor, life and death. The bizarre plots of these folk tales contain those fundamental moments that, developing along with literature and language, constituted the originality of Japanese national prose and poetry.
This unique book has been translated by the famous orientalist V. Mendrin at the beginning of the 20th century and has since been extremely rarely reprinted, and meanwhile, in its content it will be interesting to both middle and older children and numerous adult fans of Japanese culture.
The book is illustrated by Japanese painting and engravings, as well as illustrations from the old edition