Stanley Lane-Poole

Frederick Victor Dickins

Minister plenipotentiary to Japan

The Life of Sir Harry Parkes: Minister plenipotentiary to Japan. by F. V. Dickens. Minister plenipotentiary to China by S. Lane-Poole

Transliterated Into Roman

Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts

The Makura-kotoba of Primitive Japanese Verse

The Old Bamboo-hewer's Story

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Chiushingura; Or, the Loyal League, a Japanese Romance;

Excerpt from Chiushingura or the Loyal League, a Japanese Romance Appendix, p.157. - "Meiji, translated illustrious rule," is better rendered "enlightened rule." Appendix, p. 164. We shall climb together the Sbide Hill. The note here is erroneous. Mr, Chamberlain (Trans. As.Soc. of Japan, vol vii., pt iv. p. 393, n. 34) says: "Souls on their way to hell have to cross the river Sandzogawa. containing the waters of Avarice. Cruelty, and Envy, where a crone named Datsulba despoils them of their raiment, which she hangs upon the branches of a willow tree." For the preparation of the design on the cover, taken from a Japanese album of decorative art some two hundred years old, in the possession of the translator, be is indebted to his friend, Mr. T, W. Cutler, of Queens Square, Bloomsbury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chiushingura Or the Loyal League, a Japanese Romance (Classic Reprint)

竹取物語

Hyak Nin Is'shiu :bor Stanzas by a Century of Poets

Consul in China. by S. Lane-Poole

The Old Bamboo-Hewer's Story - (Taketori no ikina no monogatari) - The Earliest of the Japanese Romances, Written in the Tenth Century is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Old Bamboo-Hewer's Story - (Taketori No Ikina No Monogatari)

Hyak Nin Is'shiu, Or Stanzas by a Century of Poets, Being Japanese Lyrical Odes, Translated Into English, with Explanatory Notes, the Text in Japanese and Roman Characters, and a Full Index

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Frederick Victor Dickins

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