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Folktales From The Japanese Countryside

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Author : Fran Stallings
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-11-30

Folktales From The Japanese Countryside written by Fran Stallings and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

From one of Japan's most popular and respected storytellers, this collection introduces readers to more than 40 wonderous tales from rural Japan—many 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. It's a fascinating assortment that will delight young listeners, intrigue older readers, and offer scholars new insights. Background on the country and Japanese culture, notes on the tales, a glossary, recipes, games and crafts, and color photos and illustrations enhance the collection. All levels. 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.

The Forgotten Japanese

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Author : Tsuneichi Miyamoto
language : en
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Release Date : 2010-03-01

The Forgotten Japanese written by Tsuneichi Miyamoto and has been published by Stone Bridge Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with Social Science categories.

A revealing look into the hearts of the Japanese people and at rural lifestyles that have all but disappeared, in a long-awaited translation of a classic text by one of Japan's great folklore scholars.

Folktales Of Japan

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Author : Elena N. Grand
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-08

Folktales Of Japan written by Elena N. Grand and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-08 with Folklore categories.

These tales and legends have been collected from many sources, which contains the mythology of Japan. Many are told from memory, being relics of childish days, originally heard from the lips of a school-fellow or a nurse. Certain of them, again, form favourite subjects for representation upon the Japanese stage. A number of the stories now gathered together have been translated into English long ere this, and have appeared in this country in one form or another, others are probably new to an English public. This book includes such stories as: Green Willow The Flute The Tea-Kettle The Peony Lantern The Sea King and the Magic Jewel The Good Thunder The Black Bowl The Star Lovers Horaizan Reflections The Story of Susa The Impetuous The Wind in the Pine Tree Flower of the Peony The Mallet The Bell of Dojoji The Maiden of Unai The Robe of Feathers The Singing Bird of Heaven The Cold Lady The Fire Quest A Legend of Kwannon The Espousal of the Rat's Daughter The Land of Yomi The Spring Lover and the Autumn Lover The Strange Story of the Golden Comb The Jelly-Fish takes a Journey Urashima Tamamo The Fox Maiden Momotaro The Matsuyama Mirror Broken Images The Tongue-cut Sparrow The Nurse The Beautiful Dancer of Yedo Hana-Saka-Jiji The Moon Maiden Karma The Sad Story of the Yaoya's Daughter

Strange Tales From Japan

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language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2021-08-10

Strange Tales From Japan written by and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Fiction categories.

Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories! Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 32 pages of traditional full-color images of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring the stories to life. The captivating tales in this volume include: The Vengeance of Oiwa--The terrifying spirit of a woman murdered by her husband who seeks retribution from beyond the grave The Curse of Okiku--A servant girl is murdered by her master and curses his family, with gruesome results The Snow Woman--A man is saved by a mysterious woman who swears him to secrecy Tales of the Kappa--Strange human-like sprites with green, scaly skin who live in water and are known to pull children and animals to their deaths And many, many more! Renowned translator William Scott Wilson explains the role these stories play in local Japanese culture and folklore, and their importance to understanding the Japanese psyche. Readers will learn which particular region, city, mountain or temple the stories originate from--in case you're brave enough to visit these haunts yourself!

The Soil

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Author : 長塚節
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

The Soil written by 長塚節 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with English fiction categories.

This novel is a first hand account of rural and agricultural change in Japan through the late 19th and early 20th century when the country's rate of modernization was at its peak.

Tales From Japan

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Author : Helen McAlpine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002

Tales From Japan written by Helen McAlpine and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.

This extraordinary collection of stories from Japan are retellings of legends and fairy tales. You'll meet the Sea Spirit, the Moon God, the Emperor Kiyomori, Dragon Princess and many other magical characters. Amidst the stories, the beauty of Japan - its people, its animals and its landscape- is joyfully evoked.The stories include The Birth of Japan, Tales of the Heike, and the Tale of Princess Kaguya.

Aino Folk Tales

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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28

Aino Folk Tales written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with categories.

Twelve hundred years ago a Chinese historian stated that "on the eastern frontier of the land of Japan there is a barrier of great mountains, beyond which is the land of the Hairy Men." These were the Aino, so named from the word in their own language signifying "man." Over most of the country of these rude and helpless indigenes the Japanese have long since spread, only a dwindling remnant of them still inhabiting the island of Yezo. Since the early days when a couple of them were sent as curiosities to the Emperor of China their uncouth looks and habits have made them objects of interest to more civilised nations. Many European writers have described them, but hardly any with such opportunities as Mr. Basil Hall Chamberlain, Professor of Philology at the Tokyo University, who has taken down from the Ainos the present collection of their tales, and prefaced it with an account of their ways and state of mind. It would hardly be for me to offer information on a subject so excellently handled, but the request of the Editor of the Folk-Lore Journal that I would write an Introduction enables me to draw attention to the views put forward by Professor Chamberlain in another publication,[1] which, being printed in Japan, may be overlooked by many English folk-lore students, even of those interested in the curious Aino problem. As is well known, the hairiness of the Ainos marks them sharply off from the smooth-faced Japanese. No one can look at photographs of Ainos without admitting that the often-repeated comparison of them to bearded Russian peasants is much to the purpose. The likeness is much strengthened by the bold quasi-European features of the Ainos contrasting extremely with the Japanese type of face. Of course all this has suggested a theory of the Ainos belonging to the Aryan race; and, although the idea comes to nothing when examined strictly, its existence is an acknowledgment of the special Aino race-type. Mention must also be made of an anatomical peculiarity of the Aino skeleton, consisting of a remarkable flattening of the arm- and leg-bones. On the whole it is evident that the Ainos are an ancient race in this part of Asia, and so far isolated that anthropology has not yet the means of settling their physical connection with other Asiatic tribes. Professor Chamberlain's careful examination of the Aino language leads him to a similar result. It is made not only from his own knowledge, but with the advantage of working with the Rev. John Batchelor, who has lived as a missionary among the Ainos for years, and written the Grammar printed as a part of these Aino Studies. In structure the resemblances which the Aino presents to Japanese are outweighed by the differences; and, though it may ultimately prove to fall into a north-east Asiatic group of languages, this is so far from being made out that it is safest for the present to treat both race and language as isolated. Inasmuch as the little civilisation now possessed by the Ainos has in great measure been learnt from the Japanese, it is natural that their modern language should have picked up numbers of Japanese words, from the name of kamui which they give to their gods, down to the rice-beer or sake in which they seek continual drunkenness, now their main source of enjoyment. One purpose which their language serves is to prove how widely they once spread over the country now Japan, where place-names alone remain to indicate a former Aino population. Some of these are unmistakeably Aino, as Yamashiro, which must have meant "land of chestnut trees," and Shikyu, "place of rushes." Others, if interpreted as Japanese, have a far-fetched sense, as, for instance, the villages of Mennai and Tonami, which, if treated as Japanese, would signify "inside permission" and "hares in a vow"; whereas, if taken to be originally Aino they may bear the reasonable sense of "bad stream" and "stream from the lake." The inference from records and local names, worked out with great care by Professor Chamberlain, is "that the Ainos were truly the predecessors of the Japanese all over the Archipelago. The dawn of history shows them to us living far to the south and west of their present haunts; and ever since then, century by century, we see them retreating eastwards and northwards, as steadily as the American Indian has retreated westwards under the pressure of the colonists from Europe."

Japanese Tales And Legends

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Author : Helen McAlpine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1979

Japanese Tales And Legends written by Helen McAlpine and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Legends categories.

Here are stories from the legendary past of Japan: stories about the birth of the country, stories of the gods and of the Heike, the noble race of warriors. Here too are folktales of woodcutters and fishermen who enter strange, enchanted worlds: of fairy children who bring joy to their human parents, and wicked giants and beautiful princesses. In some of the stories there are touches of mischief and humour, and in all of them there lies a deep sense of the magic, the ceremony, and the wonder of life.

Ancient Tales And Folklore Of Japan

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Author : Richard Gordon Smith
language : en
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date : 2024-05-01

Ancient Tales And Folklore Of Japan written by Richard Gordon Smith and has been published by Arcturus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-01 with Fiction categories.

This enthralling collection brings together over 50 ancient tales from Japanese folklore, gathered and retold by 19th century traveler and naturalist Richard Gordon Smith. During his journeys around Japan, Smith recorded ancient Japanese myths and legends in his personal diaries. The result is a fascinating collection of historical legends from all over Japan, with themes including ghosts, unrequited love, Shinto landscape, tree and ocean spirits, samurai culture and tales driven by Bushido and Buddhist ethics. Gordon Smith's writing combines a realist style with supernatural elements, resulting in an anthology of 'magic realist' tales which will bewitch and captivate readers. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus World Mythology series brings together captivating retellings of myths and legends from different oral traditions, from Greek and Roman to Norse and Native American, offering rich insight into their cultures and beliefs.

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