Tales of Old Japan: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tales of Old Japan, credited to Lord Redesdale (Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford), 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 Tales of Old Japan, by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (Lord Redesdale). Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short storeis focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1603 - 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as well as Japanese sermons and non-fiction pieces on special ceremonies in Japanese life, such as marriage and harakiri, as observed by Lord Redesdale. The best know story of these is "The Forty-seven Ronins" a true account of samurai revenge as it happened at the beginning of 18th century Japan. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837 - 1916) was a British diplomat, collector and writer. He worked in Japan as second secretary to the British Legation at the time of the Meiji Restoration. He wrote Tales of Old Japan in 1871.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tales of Old Japan
• Author credits: Lord Redesdale (Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 13:40:27

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• short stories
• fairy tales
• sermon
• 47 ronins
• samurai

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 00 Preface — 4:26
2. 01 The Forty-Seven Ronins, part 1 — 29:02
3. 02 The Forty-Seven Ronins, part 2 — 31:36
4. 03 The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki, part 1 — 18:58
5. 04 The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki, part 2 — 33:17
6. 05 Kazuma's Revenge — 40:17
7. 06 Story of the Otokodate of Yedo, part 1 — 25:29
8. 07 Story of the Otokodate of Yedo, part 2 — 27:58
9. 08 Story of the Otokodate of Yedo, part 3 — 28:36
10. 09 Story of the Otokodate of Yedo, part 4 — 23:30
11. 10 Story of the Otokodate of Yedo, part 5 — 30:15
12. 11 The Wonderful Adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyemon, part 1 — 29:33
13. 12 The Wonderful Adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyemon, part 2 — 28:34
14. 13 The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto, part 1 — 26:25
15. 14 The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto, part 2 — 26:20
16. 15 Fairy Tales — 1:35
17. 16 The Tongue Cut Sparrow — 4:14
18. 17 The Accomplished and Lucky Teakettle — 3:10
19. 18 The Crackling Mountain — 4:21
20. 19 The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Blossom — 6:02
21. 20 The Battle of the Ape and the Crab — 3:59
22. 21 The Adventures of Little Peachling — 4:30
23. 22 The Foxes' Wedding — 3:29
24. 23 The History of Sataka Kintoki — 4:12

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