A young samurai falls in love with a girl who is the spirit of a willow tree. A dead woman visits her lover each night carrying a peony lantern. The Star Lovers meet across the river of heaven once a year. Grace James drew these tales from the Ko-ji-ki, from the Japanese stage and from stories heard in childhood.
A beautiful 1910 collection, illustrated by Warwick Goble, mixing tender, eerie and comic Japanese tales. Download the free EPUB.