Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki, Classics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592249183 ISBN 13: 9781592249183

Publisher: Borgo Press, 2002

Synopsis

 A 1908 collection of traditional fables and folktales. Twenty-two charming Japanese Fairy Tales, selected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki, including "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 Moonchild," "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" and "The Jellyfish and the Monkey."

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From the Publisher:

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About the Author:

According to "A Biographical Sketch" by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, included in the introductory material to Warriors of old Japan and other stories, our translator Yei Theodora Ozaki came from an unusual background. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West and Bathia Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, one of their teachers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Borgo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1592249183
• ISBN 13: 9781592249183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256