{"product_id":"9781533665959","title":"Japanese Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#993300\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Fairy Tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled By Yei Theodora Ozaki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Y. Yasuoka, Miss Fusa Okamoto, my brother Nobumori Ozaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Takaki, and Miss Kameko Yamao, who have helped me with translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story which I have named \"The Story of the Man who did not Wish to Die\" is taken from a little book written a hundred years ago by one Shinsui Tamenaga. It is named Chosei Furo, or \"Longevity.\" \"The Bamboo-cutter and the Moon-child\" is taken from the classic \"Taketari Monogatari,\" and is NOT classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eY. T. O.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTokio, 1908.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMY LORD BAG OF RICE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE FARMER AND THE BADGER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE \"shinansha,\" OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE OGRE OF RASHOMON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46367124062449,"sku":"9781533665959","price":11.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781533665959_p0.jpg?v=1765276016","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781533665959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}