An old bamboo cutter finds a tiny child in the hollow of a bamboo stalk. Thus begins the beloved story of the Moon Princess, whose unearthly beauty brings her fame and would-be husbands from throughout the land, but whose destiny shines far off in the sky. The delicate color and detail of Kancho Oda's illustrations, painted over half a century ago, create a mood of charm and mystery, admirably accompanied by the lilting verse of writer, translator, and lyricist Ralph F. McCarthy.
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"Exquisite color and movement."-Booklist
"A feast for the eyes, and a great introduction to Japanese folk tales." -The Daily Yomiuri
"Simple yet absorbing tale. These strong, recommended children's classics will please kids who love lively and unpredictable plots." -Children's Bookwatch
"Brimming with the familiar and great themes of loyalty, courage and generosity." -Asahi Evening News
"Sumptuous illustrations" -School Library Journal
"Would make an excellent gift for any child, in Japan and abroad." -Tokyo Today
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RALPH F. McCARTHY is a writer, lyricist, and translator from Michigan and California. Among his translations are another collection of stories by Osamu Dazai, Self Portraits, and 69 by Ryu Murakami.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Nicer than others,
This review is from: The Moon Princess / Kaguyahime (Kodansha's Children's Classics) (English and Japanese Edition) (Hardcover)
This is a traditional japanese story, that I chose because for a japanese language student is a very good way to practice comprehension skills. It is also a nice story cause it contains no fatal punishment for any deed like other similar stories do, it is about what lies mean and of filial love. Other stories, instead, like Sarukani, The monkey an the Crab, are full of cruelty, something that clearly reflects the mentality of an era, in which there is no space for forgivness and the only posible punishment is allways fatal, with a previous list of torturing actions. Anyway, any of this bilingual stories can be of great help to students of japanese, best if you are trying to acquire a broad vocabulary, it only requires the search of the respective kanji and you are done with it.
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Two boys' review: Good book for children learning Japanese,
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We've used our copy to teach our children as well as to use for storytime in their school room. The book is well made, easy to follow, and affordable (look for Amazon's 4-for-3 promotion to save some money).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
not bad but could be much better,
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This review is from: The Moon Princess / Kaguyahime (Kodansha's Children's Classics) (English and Japanese Edition) (Hardcover)
The purpose of having a dual language book is to help learn a language, but the English and Japanese are so different in translation, almost ridiculous, that it is useless for this purpose. Also the print could have been better, the print is too small and only takes up about 10% of the page. They could have made the print larger and easier to read and still have left plenty of space on the pages. Not very well thought out.
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Shining Bright New!
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