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Myths and Legends of Japan cover

Myths and Legends of Japan

F. Hadland Davis; illustrated by Evelyn Paul

Occult Japan; or, The Way of the Gods cover

Occult Japan; or, The Way of the Gods

Percival Lowell

The Soul of the Far East cover

The Soul of the Far East

Percival Lowell

A Lute of Jade cover

A Lute of Jade

Classical Chinese poets; selected and rendered into English by L. Cranmer-Byng

The Sayings of Confucius cover

The Sayings of Confucius

Confucius; translated by Lionel Giles

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales cover

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

Grace James; illustrations by Warwick Goble

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies cover

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies

From the Korean of Im Bang and Yi Ryuk; translated by James S. Gale

Bushido: The Soul of Japan cover

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe; introduction by William Elliot Griffis

Burma: Painted and Described cover

Burma: Painted and Described

R. Talbot Kelly

Tales Grotesque and Curious cover

Tales Grotesque and Curious

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa; translated by Glenn W. Shaw

The Chinese Dragon cover

The Chinese Dragon

L. Newton Hayes

Japanese Fairy World cover

Japanese Fairy World

William Elliot Griffis; illustrations principally by Ozawa Nankoku, engraved by Henry W. Troy

The Chinese Fairy Book cover

The Chinese Fairy Book

Richard Wilhelm; translated by Frederick H. Martens

The Book of the Simple Way cover

The Book of the Simple Way

Laozi; translated with commentary by Walter Gorn Old

The Inner Life and the Tao-Teh-King cover

The Inner Life and the Tao-Teh-King

C. H. A. Bjerregaard

Wu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-Tse cover

Wu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-Tse

Henri Borel; translated by Meredith Ianson

Oriental Alchemy cover

Oriental Alchemy

Masumi Chikashige; English translation by Nobuji Sasaki; sword-forging drawings by Masahiro Tasaki

A Study of Chinese Alchemy cover

A Study of Chinese Alchemy

Obed S. Johnson; foreword by E. T. Williams

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon cover

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japan a Record in Colour cover

Japan a Record in Colour

Mortimer Menpes; transcribed by Dorothy Menpes

The Flowers and Gardens of Japan cover

The Flowers and Gardens of Japan

Described by Florence Du Cane; painted by Ella Du Cane

Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan cover

Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan

Richard Gordon Smith; illustrations drawn and painted by Mo-No-Yuki from Smith’s sketches

Korea cover

Korea

Angus Hamilton

The Secret of the Golden Flower cover

The Secret of the Golden Flower

Chinese text translated and explained in German by Richard Wilhelm; European commentary by C. G. Jung; English translation by Cary F. Baynes

Adventures in Arabia cover

Adventures in Arabia

W. B. Seabrook; pen drawings by A. G. Peck; illustrated with photographs

Kottō cover

Kottō

Lafcadio Hearn

Kwaidan cover

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

In Ghostly Japan cover

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

Tales of Old Japan cover

Tales of Old Japan

A. B. Mitford

Some Chinese Ghosts cover

Some Chinese Ghosts

Lafcadio Hearn

Legend in Japanese Art cover

Legend in Japanese Art

Henri L. Joly

Illustrations in this category

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A long scaled dragon curves through deeply worked clouds beside part of a bronze structure. — The Chinese DragonSource scan leaf 7

A celestial carriage descends toward the house where the bamboo-cutter's adopted daughter, Kaguya, waits with her attendants. — Myths and Legends of JapanSource scan leaf 103

A scaled dragon fills a circular field of rounded clouds and fine lines. — The Chinese DragonSource scan leaf 50

A long fish-like body rises beside a many-tiered gate above curling waves. — The Chinese DragonSource scan leaf 38

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Authors represented

Richard Gordon Smith â†—

Richard Wilhelm â†—

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa â†—

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi â†—

Walter Gorn Old â†—

Warwick Goble â†—

William Elliot Griffis â†—

William Seabrook â†—

Yi Ryuk â†—