Myths and Legends of Japan Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2008) Ex-library copy

Ex-library copy

[The book's] final section is for everyone concerned with the contemporary political scene

In The Midnight Library

More readers are now telling us about their encounters with the supernatural

” by then little-known chef Anthony Bourdain

Myths and Legends of Japan Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2008) Ex-library copyThe most popular myths and legends of Japanese culture are charmingly retold in English in this handsomely illustrated book. Here are myths of gods, heroes and warriors; legends of Buddha, and of the goddess Benten and the god Daikoku; tales of the sea and of Mount Fuji; accounts of superstitions and supernatural beings; observations on the spiritual properties of fans, flowers, dolls and butterflies and much more. The collection begins with the early