Japanese Fairy Tales - Softcover

Ozaki, Yei Theodora

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ISBN 10: 4805308818 ISBN 13: 9784805308813

Publisher: Tuttle Shokai Inc, 2007

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This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. 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. These beautifully illustrated stories, retold for an international audience, provide children with an insight into the traditional culture, morals and environment of Japan. Japanese children's stories include: "Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach" "The Jellyfish and the Monkey" "The Mirror of Matsuyama" "The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child" "The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa" And many more!

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About the Author:

Yei Theodora Ozaki lived an untraditional life during her life time, refusing an arranged marriage she became a teacher and secretary instead to earn money. While traveling over Japan and Europe her letters home went astray and arrived serendipitously to Yukio Ozaki a Japanese politician. After exchanging many letters they finally met in 1904 and were married.

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