Japanese Fairy Tales

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Yei Theodora Ozaki. Japanese Fairy Tales

Preface

I. MY LORD BAG OF RICE

II. THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD

III. THE FARMER AND THE BADGER

IV. THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY

V. THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE. A STORY OF OLD JAPAN

VI. THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW

VII. THE SHINANSHA, OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE

VIII. THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE

IX. THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD

X. THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA. A STORY OF OLD JAPAN

XI. THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA

XII. THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR

XIII. THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER

XIV. THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER

XV. THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB

XVI. THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY

XVII. THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES

XVIII. THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE

XIX. MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH

XX. THE OGRE OF RASHOMON

XXI. HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN

XXII. THE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA. AN OLD CHINESE STORY

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I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO YOU AND TO THE SWEET CHILD-FRIENDSHIP THAT YOU GAVE ME IN THE DAYS SPENT WITH YOU BY THE SOUTHERN SEA, WHEN YOU USED TO LISTEN WITH UNFEIGNED PLEASURE TO THESE FAIRY STORIES FROM FAR JAPAN. MAY THEY NOW REMIND YOU OF MY CHANGELESS LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE.

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.

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Then the gatekeeper, who was a fish, at once led the way through the gate before them.

The red bream, the flounder, the sole, the cuttlefish, and all the chief vassals of the Dragon King of the Sea now came out with courtly bows to welcome the stranger.

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