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Title: Tales of the Samurai

Author: Asataro Miyamori

Release date: March 18, 2022 [eBook #67650]
Most recently updated: November 7, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: Japan: Kyō-bun-kwan, 1920

Credits: Ronald Grenier (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Incense is burning under helmet

“A warrior burns incense into his helmet when he is determined to die on the field”

See page 194

TALES OF THE
SAMURAI

Stories illustrating Bushido, the Moral Principles of the Japanese Knighthood

BY

ASATARO MIYAMORI

Professor of English in Toyo University,
Tokyo, Japan

Author of “Representative Tales of Japan,”
“Tales from Old Japanese Dramas,” &C.

With 8 Coloured Illustrations
By A Japanese Artist

THE KYŌ-BUN-KWAN

Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

1920