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Japanese Folktales

Lucy Fraser

Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past

Barcode 9784805314616
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Release Date: 21/08/2018

Genre: Poetry & Drama
Sub-Genre: Literary Criticism
Label: Tuttle Publishing
Series: Tuttle Classics
Contributors: Lucy Fraser (Foreword by), Yei Theodora Ozaki (Compiled by)
Language: English
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past
Japanese Folktales is Yei Theodora Ozaki's classic collection of twenty-two traditional Japanese stories. The book introduces the reader to the rich world of the Japanese imagination, a world of ghouls, goblins and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kindly animals and magic birds; demons and dragons, princes and princesses.
Be transported to a realm of magical kingdoms, mysterious beings and mythical lands.

Japanese Folktales is the most complete collection of Japanese stories in English. It introduces readers to the enchanting world of ghouls, goblins, ogres, sea kings, magical birds, dragons and of course, Momotaro, the lovable Peach Boy.

Japanese folklore is richly imaginative and the 22 classic stories presented here are some of the most popular tales ever told, including:

  • The story of goldfish dancers and carp musicians who entertain a brave warrior
  • The tale of a lonely girl whose life is changed by a shining disc left by her mother
  • The explanation of how the jellyfish lost its bones
  • The adventures of a boy born from a peach that washes up on a riverbank

These well-loved folktales are sure to delight readers young and old, while introducing them to vivid world of Japanese myths and legends.