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Grace James
Best known for bringing Japanese folk tales to English-speaking children, this early 20th-century writer paired a storyteller’s warmth with a deep interest in Japanese culture. Her books mix fairy-tale wonder, travel memories, and a lively sense of adventure.
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Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
About the author
Grace Edith Marion James was an English writer and folklorist, born in Tokyo in 1882. Reliable reference sources describe her as both a children's author and a collector and reteller of Japanese folklore, a background that gave her work a strong cross-cultural flavor.
She is especially remembered for Japanese Fairy Tales (1910), along with other retellings drawn from Japanese tradition. She also wrote children's fiction, including the John and Mary series, and later published Japan: Recollections and Impressions, reflecting her long connection to the country where she was born.
James died in Rome in 1965. A suitable verified portrait image was not clearly available from the sources I could confirm here, so no profile image is included.