| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Title; Contents; Preface; My Lord Bag of Rice; The Tongue-Cut Sparrow; The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad; The Farmer and the Badger; The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage; The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy; The Story of Princess Hase; The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die; The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child; The Mirror of Matsuyama; The Goblin of Adachigahara; The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar; The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher; The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower; The Jelly Fish and the Monkey. |
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The Quarrel of the Monkey and the CrabThe White Hare and the Crocodiles; The Story of Prince Yamato Take; Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach; The Ogre of Rashomon; How an Old Man Lost His Wen; The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa; Endnotes. |
| Summary |
Travel back in time with this eclectic collection of ancient and medieval Japanese folktales, myths, and fables from Yei Theodora Ozaki, a skilled translator born to a Japanese father and European mother who as a young woman and adult divided her time between both regions. Spanning centuries, the collection is sure to engage folktale fans and readers of all ages. |
| Subject |
Fairy tales -- Japan.
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Folklore -- Japan.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial.
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Fairy tales. (OCoLC)fst00919916
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Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ozaki, Yei Theodora. Japanese Fairy Tales. Auckland : The Floating Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9781776535118 (electronic bk.) |
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1776535111 (electronic bk.) |
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