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Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki: With Original and Classic illustration

Paperback (Independently published June 28, 2020)

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books.

Yei Theodora Ozaki was an early 20th century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. Her translations were fairly liberal but have been popular, and were reprinted several times after her death. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This book is a fabulous compilation of classical Japanese tales collected and narrated by Yei Theodora Ozaki, such as:

  • 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

"Japanese Fairy Tales" may involve and entertain either adults or teenagers.

The edition from "Animedia Company" contains illustrations by various Japanese artists from 19th century.

ISBN
/ 9798657550153
Pages
235
Weight
14.7 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.5 in.

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