Japanese Fairy Tales

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781776535118
• Edition: 0

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.

Table of contents

• JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
• 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
• The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab
• The 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