Research Catalog

Title

Folktales from the Japanese countryside / as told by Hiroko Fujita ; edited by Fran Stallings with Harold Wright and Miki Sakurai.

Author

Fujita, Hiroko, 1937-

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stallings, Fran.
• Wright, Harold, 1931-
• Sakurai, Miki, 1933-

Description

xxvi, 196 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map; 27 cm.

Summary

"As in many countries, storytelling is a revered art in Japan, and traditional tales have been carefully preserved for centuries. Yet only a small portion of Japan's tales has been shared with English-speaking audiences. From one of Japan's most popular and respected storytellers, this collection introduces readers to more than 40 wondrous tales from rural Japan-stories that have not previously been seen or heard-from animal tales and tales of supernatural beings to stories about village characters and priests and their apprentices" -- back cover.

Series Statement

World folklore series

Uniform Title

World folklore series.

Subjects

• Romans
• Fiction
• Fictional Work
• Folklore > Japan
• Tales > Japan

Genre/Form

• Fictional Work
• Folklore
• Fiction
• Romans.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Preface -- A Brief History of Japan by Harold Wright -- Map of Japan -- Storytelling in Japan by Miki Sakurai -- About These Stories -- Stories of Animals -- Owl's Paint Shop -- Sparrow and Swallow -- The Tale of the Lizards' Tails -- The Fourth Leg -- Mouse Teeth -- Earthworm and Snake -- Sky Watcher -- Bracken & Snake -- Melting Grass -- The Mice Make A Pilgrimage -- Stories of Village People -- Table Manners -- Plant of Forgetfulness -- Peach Peddler -- Mask of Oni -- Doctor Who Dropped His Eye -- Boy with a Runny Nose -- The God of Poverty -- Strong Men -- Foolish Greetings -- Tea-chestnut-persimmon-vinegar -- Pickle Bath -- Scary Snack -- Stories of Priests and Apprentices -- Sutra of the Mouse -- The Floating Coffin -- A Debate in Sign Language -- Fu Fu Pata Pata -- New House Mochi -- How Much Rice? -- Stories of Strange Happenings -- Spirits of Old Things -- A Poet's Ghost -- You Are Watched -- The Home of the Bush Warbler -- Snow Woman -- Stories of Yamanbas -- Mr. Sun's Chain.
• A Wife Who Doesn't Eat -- Clothes Bleached in the Moonlight -- Picking Mountain Pears -- Old Woman's Skin -- Stories of Supernatural Creatures -- The Moon Sticks Out Its Tongue -- Spooky Tanuki Music -- Tanuki Who Turned into a Die -- Fox Barber -- Fox Teakettle -- A Hoin Monk and a Fox -- Kappa's Paper -- A Kappa And a Fish Peddler -- Color Photos -- Food, Games, and Crafts -- Recipes -- Mochi -- Botamochi -- Kappa Rolls -- Miso Soup -- Green Tea -- Macha/Green Tea Ice Cream -- Games -- Fox Exercises -- Rock, Paper, Scissors -- Crafts -- Handkerchief Mouse -- One-Line Mouse -- Kappa Toy -- Kappa Trick -- Comments and Notes -- Guide to Words in this Book -- Pronunciation Guide -- Glossary -- Chants -- Sound Effects -- Types of Japanese Storytellers -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

ISBN

• 9781591584889 (alk. paper)
• 1591584884 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007017727

OCLC

137325039

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library