ISBN:
9784805310793
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (209 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version A Treasury of Japanese Folktales : Bilingual English and Japanese Edition
DDC:
398.20952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A Treasury of Japanese Folktales, presented in both English and Japanese, contains 12 of the best Japanese folk and fairy tales, told to generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales of rich imagination carry us, on turtle-back, to the splendors of the underwater palace of the dragon princess, to the beautiful hills where Kintaro plays with his animal friends, and to a temple where we discover a ""tea kettle"" that is really a cunning badger in disguise.Executed with great skill and imagination, the 98 color illustrations bring to life the charming characters of these
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; Shitakiri Suzume (The Tongue-Cut Sparrow); Kintarō (The Strong Boy); Nezumi No Yomeiri (The Marriage of a Mouse); Urashima Tarō (The Fisherman and The Tortoise); Kaguya Hime (The Luminous Princess); Momotarō (The Peach Boy); Kachi Kachi Yama (The Kachi Kachi Mountain); Kobutori Jiisan (The Old Men With Wens); Hanasaka Jijii (The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom); Issunbōshi (The One-Inch Boy); Bunbuku Chagama (The Lucky Cauldron); Sarukani Kassen (The Monkey-and-Crab Fight); Back Cover
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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