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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
I did my PhD thesis on Shimazaki Tôson, so I'm actually quite familiar with Yanagita. He did some pioneering work in collecting old Japanese tales. Have you read "Tales of Old Japan" a collection by A. B. Miford?
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Yes, I've read that one, and some by Lafcadio Hearn, and some by Perceval Lowell (yes, that Perceval Lowell.)
I also have the recent 100th Anniversary edition of
Tono Monogatari/
Legends of Tono and
Japanese Folk Tales translated by Fanny Hagin Mayer, both of course by Yanagita. But all of his other writing is either not translated to English or out of print and prohibitively expensive. (I'm interested mainly in folklore dealing with yokai and other supernatural subjects.)