Twenty-two Japanese legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, good and bad forces, princesses, animals, the sea, and the sky.
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Text: English, Japanese (translation)
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A charming collection of stories,
By Pixelgoddess (Florida) - See all my reviews
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A wonderful collection of short stories, easy to read. They have been translated with Westerners in mind, but still remain uniquely Japanese. There are beautiful black and white illustrations with each story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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really fun,
By avid reader (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews
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I got this book to assist me in teaching my elementary school students about the cultural differences of fairy tales from around the world. These tales are kid-friendly but also make a nice read for a grown up.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant,
This review is from: Japanese Fairy Book (Paperback)
The Japanese short-stories in this book were absolutely brilliant.Each story has a moral to be learned. In each story, the decieving are punished in different ways. It also gives a magical perspective of everyday morals to the reader.
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LONG, long ago there lived in Japan a brave warrior known to all as Tawara Toda, or " May Lord Bag of Rice." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
skilful fisher, demon chief, young crab, fisher lad, jelly fish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Happy Hunter, Dragon King, Sea King, Princess Moonlight, Ryn Jin, Japanese Fairy Book, Yamato Take, Urashima Taro, Lady Sparrow, Fire King, Elixir of Life, Empress Jokwa, Gate of Rashomon, Mount Horai, Prince Toyonari, Sun Goddess, Princess Hase, Lord Raiko, Princess Terute, Rin Jin, Island of Devils, Monkey Island, Mount Fuji, Old Man Lost, Otohime Sama New!
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LONG, long ago there lived in Japan a brave warrior known to all as Tawara Toda, or " May Lord Bag of Rice." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
skilful fisher, demon chief, young crab, fisher lad, jelly fish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Happy Hunter, Dragon King, Sea King, Princess Moonlight, Ryn Jin, Japanese Fairy Book, Yamato Take, Urashima Taro, Lady Sparrow, Fire King, Elixir of Life, Empress Jokwa, Gate of Rashomon, Mount Horai, Prince Toyonari, Sun Goddess, Princess Hase, Lord Raiko, Princess Terute, Rin Jin, Island of Devils, Monkey Island, Mount Fuji, Old Man Lost, Otohime Sama New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Ueda Ueda in Back Matter
- Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann in Back Matter
- Haiku in English by Harold G. Henderson in Back Matter
- The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War (Tuttle Classics) by Eiji Yoshikawa in Back Matter
- The River with No Bridge (Tuttle Classics) by Sue Sumii in Back Matter
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- Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Folklore, Myths, and Legends by Donna Rosenberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Oxford Book of Aging by Thomas R. Cole in Back Matter
- The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of the Imagination by Steven Swann Jones in Back Matter
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