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Title:

Japanese fairy tales : stories and folklore of old Japan.

Publisher:

Hillside Press,

Copyright Date:

1962

Description:

xv, 72 pages : illustrations ; 55 mm

Subject:

Tales--Japan.
Miniature books--Specimens.
Folklore--Japan.
Tales.
Japan.
Miniature books (Printing)
Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928. Japanese fairy world.
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan.
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, illustrator.
Hillside Press (N.H), publishers.

Notes:

"350 numbered copies." Six tales, the first 5 are based on translations found in W.E. Griffis' Japanese fairy world and the 6th is a condensed version of Lafcadio Hearn's account of this legend in his Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. "The illustrations on the covers, frontispiece and the sage are by Hokusai winter scene by Hiroshige." --Table of contents. Library has copy number 118. IaU

Contents:

1) The wonderful tea-kettle -- 2) The dream story of Gojiro -- 3) The fox and the badger -- 4) Battle of the ape and the crab -- 5) The eel fryer and the merchant -- 6) Story of the quilt that talked.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)8951

LCCN:

78003357

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)