Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis(part 2)

[meganbmoore]

Hmm...is it unreasonable for me to be annoyed that the author insists on using "knight" instead of "samurai,"  and used "doughty knight" to describe Minamoto no Raiko(who he never bothered to identity beyond "Raiko," but i recognized the stories from Otogi Zoshi)?  Despite their being distinctly european terms and thus having no place in a book

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[ladysaotome]

You're not unreasonable. Knights are a European thing - not asian. It would drive me batty, too.

[meganbmoore]

Yup. It wouldn't be as bad if the author were consistent in using eurpoean equivalents, but all that flipflopping back and forth...

still, lotsa fun stuff in there...