
Japanese Fairy Tales - COMPILED BY - by Yei Theodora Ozaki - Profusely Illustrated by Japanese Artists
PREFACE
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
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. A STORY OF OLD JAPAN
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (370K characters)
Release date
2003-05-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

Best known for bringing Japanese fairy tales to English-language readers, this Japanese-British writer and translator helped stories like Momotaro and Urashima Tarō travel far beyond Japan. Her retellings are lively, approachable, and still widely read more than a century later.
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