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The rich world of Japanese fantasy is very apparent in Japanese Fairy Tales, a compilation of twenty-two favorite stories from the land of the rising sun. A fantastic selection of ghouls, goblins and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kindly animals and magic birds; demons and dragons; princes and princesses hide within these pages.

Included are such favorites as "Momotaro, or the Story... More

The rich world of Japanese fantasy is very apparent in Japanese Fairy Tales, a compilation of twenty-two favorite stories from the land of the rising sun. A fantastic selection of ghouls, goblins and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kindly animals and magic birds; demons and dragons; princes and princesses hide within these pages.

Included are such favorites as "Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach", "The Jellyfish and the Monkey", "The Mirror of Matsuyama" and "The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child", along with several lesser-known stories like "The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa."


Content:
* 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

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