Folio Society Published Works Number 3530
Royall Tyler (translator) - Japanese Tales
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Royall Tyler (translator) - Japanese Tales (Published in by The Folio Society in 2023. A treasury of Japanese folklore and wisdom, beautifully bound by Folio and fully illustrated by artist Yuko Shimizu. A window into a long-vanished culture that still fascinates, this collection of 170 tales introduces us to a broad tableau of characters: saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Despite many of the tales' almost 1,000-year history, Royall Tyler's sympathetic and colloquial translations ensure the human conditions they convey are not so far removed from our modern experience. Compassion, jealousy, lust, benevolence, greed, charity – all these traits and more are depicted in this diverse work of reality and fantasy, populated by a large cast of mythical and human figures. Bound in blocked cloth. Set in Fournier. 368 pages. Frontispiece, 7 colour illustrations, including 4 double-page spreads, and 17 integrated black & white drawings. Printed endpapers. Blocked and die-cut slipcase. Silver page tops. 11" x 7.25". )
