Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan, credited to Richard Gordon Smith, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith. Read in English by Stefan Von Blon; Lynda Marie Neilson; David McKay; realisticspeakers; melaniebjensen; Maria Melodia Queri; Josh Kibbey; Angelique G. Campbell; lcastleb1; Rob Marland; Vlad Amelchuck; Colleen McMahon Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own culture. This volume is a collection of ancient Japanese tales. We hear of ordinary mortals interacting with the spirit world, sometimes to their benefit, sometimes to their doom, we hear of love and hate, and of war and peace. Some of the stories will be entirely new to most readers, some of them will be uncannily familiar. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan
• Author credits: Richard Gordon Smith
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 58
• Listed recording duration: 11:32:53

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• Japan
• horror
• ghost
• stories
• tales
• Asia
• 1908

Opening tracks: first 24 of 58

1. 00 - Preface — 4:14
2. 01 - The Golden Hairpin — 25:03
3. 02 - The Spirit Of The Willow Tree — 16:34
4. 03 - Ghost of the Violet Well — 12:56
5. 04 - Ghost Story of the Flute's Tomb — 14:31
6. 05 - A Haunted Temple in Inaba Province — 13:57
7. 06 - A Carp Gives a Lesson in Perseverance — 8:16
8. 07 - Legends Told by a Fisherman on Lake Biwa, At Zeze — 15:19
9. 08 - A Miraculous Sword — 12:46
10. 09 - 'The Procession of Ghosts' — 8:57
11. 10 - A Faithful Servant — 8:22
12. 11 - Prince Hosokawa's Most Valuable Title-Deeds — 8:22
13. 12 - The Story of Kato Sayemon — 12:59
14. 13 - Great Fire Caused by a Lady's Dress — 10:13
15. 14 - History of Awoto Fujitsuna — 6:05
16. 15 - A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves — 11:43
17. 16 - Murakami Yoshiteru's Faithfulness — 9:54
18. 17 - A Story of Oki Islands — 14:05
19. 18 - Cape of the Woman's Sword — 11:11
20. 19 - How Yogodayu Won A Battle — 7:59
21. 20 - The Isolated or Desolated Island — 11:27
22. 21 - Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa — 12:05
23. 22 - Reincarnation — 7:08
24. 23 - The Diving-Woman of Oiso Bay — 14:31

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