Ghost Story of the Flute's Tomb

Myths

Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan

by Richard Gordon SMITH (1858 - 1918)

Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own culture. This volume is a collection of ancient Japanese tales. We hear of ordinary mortals interacting with the spirit world, sometimes to their benefit, sometimes to their doom, we hear of love and hate, and of war and peace. Some of the stories will be entirely new to most readers, some of them will be uncannily familiar. - Summary by Carolin

Listen next episodes of Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan:
A Carp Gives a Lesson in Perseverance , A Faithful Servant , A Festival of the Awabi Fish , A Haunted Temple in Inaba Province , A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves , A Miraculous Sword , A Stormy Night's Tragedy , A Story of Mount Kanzanrei , A Story of Oki Islands , Cape of the Woman's Sword , Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa , Great Fire Caused by a Lady's Dress , History of Awoto Fujitsuna , How Masakuni Regained His Sight , How Yogodayu Won A Battle , Human Fireflies , Legends Told by a Fisherman on Lake Biwa, At Zeze , Murakami Yoshiteru's Faithfulness , Prince Hosokawa's Most Valuable Title-Deeds , Reincarnation , Sagami Bay , Saigyo Hoshi's Rock , The Blind Beauty , The Camphor Tree Tomb , The Chessboard Cherry Tree , The Chrysanthemum Hermit , The Diving-Woman of Oiso Bay , The Dragon-Shaped Plum Tree , The Hermit's Cave , The Holy Cherry Tree of Musubi-no-Kami Temple , The Isolated or Desolated Island , The 'Jirohei' Cherry Tree, Kyoto , The Kakemono Ghost of Aki Province , The King of Torijima , The Memorial Cherry Tree , The Perpetual Life-Giving Wine , The Precious Sword 'Natori no Hoto' , The Princess Peony , 'The Procession of Ghosts' , The Secret of Iidamachi Pond , The Snow Ghost , The Snow Tomb , The Spirit of a Willow Tree Saves Family Honour , The Spirit of the Lotus Lily , The Spirit of Yenoki , The Story of Kato Sayemon , The Temple of the Awabi , The White Serpent God , Theft And Recovery of a Golden Kwannon , Whales , White Bone Mountain , White Saké , Yosoji's Camellia Tree