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A treasury of Japanese folktales

Call Number

  • J 398.2 YASU (CEN)

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Edition

Bilingual English and Japanese ed. ; 1st. bilingual ed.

Languages

In English and Japanese.

Publication Information

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2010.

Physical Description

111 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Summary

Collection of Japanese folktales, presented in both English and basic kanji accompanied by furigana.

Notes

An English/Japanese bilingual edition of "Old tales of Japan," published by Japan Overseas Commercial Co., 1953.

Contents

  • Shitakiri suzume = The tongue-cut sparrow
  • Kintaro = The strong boy
  • Nezumi no yomeiri = The marriage of a mouse
  • Urashima taro = The fisherman and the tortoise
  • Kaguya hime = The luminous princess
  • Momotaro = The Peach Boy
  • Kachi kachi yama = The Kachi Kachi Mountain
  • Kobutori jisan = The old men with wens
  • Hanasaka jijii = The old man who made trees blossom
  • Issunboshi = The One-Inch Boy
  • Bunbuku chagama = The lucky cauldron
  • Saruani kassen = The monkey-and-crab fight.

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