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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This 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. Grateful 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.
Japanese Fairy Tales is a delightful introduction to the culture of
Japan through its traditional children's stories. First published
in the early 20th Century by Yei Theodora Ozaki, the fairy tales
have been translated and adapted for a Western audience but retain
their own unique charm. They feature animals and humans, creatures
normal and fantastical, peasants and kings. Stories include
"Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach"; ""The Stones of
Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa"; ""The Sagacious Monkey and the
Boar""; and ""The Ogre of Rashomon."" Whether you are interested in
Japanese culture, fairy tales, or just an interesting bedtime
story, you'll find these tales hard to put down.
Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling
collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries.
From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits
and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and
culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and
the world of supernatural. It was a time and place where men could
be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by
ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or
stories that long-awaited an opportunity to reveal them and seek
reparation. The Snow Ghost and Other Tales brings together some of
the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folk
lore in one new beautiful hardback collection. Finally commited to
writing during the turn of the twenieth cenutry by a unique set of
folklorists, the ghost stories presented in this new anthology will
transport readers to a time of magic and mystery, and let them
relish in the spine-tingling traditions of Japanese culture largely
lost now to modernity.
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," "The Jellyfish
and the Monkey," "The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab," "The
White Hare and the Crocodiles," "The Story of Prince Yamato Take,"
"Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach," "The Ogre of
Rashomon," "How an Old Man Lost His _Wen_," and "The Stones of Five
Colors and the Empress Jokwa." (Jacketless library hardcover)
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