Rival in the Mirror: Japanese Folk Tales

In Japanese folk tales, readers are introduced to the customs and morals, national character and ancient wisdom of the Land of the Rising Sun. On the pages of these ancient stories, there is room for magical transformations, soul-chilling adventures, miracles,... heroic feats, jokes, and bright sadness. The publication includes thirty tales from the most authoritative Japanese collections, contains a glossary of Japanese words, comments on the texts compiled by the translator Vera Nikolaevna Markova, and is accompanied by a series of illustrations by renowned St. Petersburg artists G. A. V. Traugot.