Abstract

A·B·Mitford was an English author and 2nd secretary in the British Legation at Edo (later Tokyo) from 1866 to 1870.His Tales of old Japan is one of the first popular books in English on Japanese customs and folktales.This paper aims to examine how his book is appreciated among other English books on Japanese customs and folktales.The author chose 233 books published between 1871 (the year his book was published and 1925 the end of Taisho period).

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