Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi

Japanese myths, legends, and folktales Bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi

Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = バイリンガルで読む日本の昔ばなし /

Yuri Yasuda

Book - 2019

Tales originally written in English by author Yuri Yasuda based on her interpretations of twelve traditional Japanese stories. Japanese versions of each tale include simple kanji with furigana pronunciations to help learners recognize the characters.

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Subjects
Folklore > Japan > Juvenile fiction.
Legends > Japan > Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Japanese > Juvenile fiction.
Bilingual books.
Folk tales.
Illustrated works.
Genres
Bilingual books
Folk tales
Illustrated works
Published
Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing [2019]
Language
English
Japanese
Main Author
Yuri Yasuda (author)
Other Authors
Yoshinobu Sakakura (illustrator), Eiichi Mitsui, 1920-
Edition
First bilingual edition
Physical Description
111 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN
9784805314739
  • Shitakiri Suzume = The tongue-cut sparrow
  • Kintarō = The strong boy
  • Nezumi no yomeiri = The marriage of a mouse
  • Urashima Tarō = The fisherman and the tortoise
  • Kaguya hime = The luminous princess
  • Momotarō = The peach boy
  • Kachi kachi yama = The kachi kachi mountain
  • Kobutori jiisan = The old men with wens
  • Hanasaka jijii = The old man who made trees blossom
  • Issunbōshi = The one-inch boy
  • Bunbuku chagama = The lucky cauldron
  • Sarukani kassen = The monkey-and-crab fight.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Strong boys, luminous girls, social-climbing mice, and havoc-wreaking badgers are just a few of the characters that populate this collection of Japanese folktales. Originally published in 1953, this new bilingual edition presents the text in English and Japanese. Dreamy vintage illustrations punctuate text-filled pages, offering snapshots of details such as layered patterned garments and introducing motifs such as cherry blossoms and Mt. Fuji. The text is of its time: blunt, exposition-heavy, and sometimes archaic-"it grieves me sorely to find that here you too make fun of me." Several tales are brutal-a woman cuts the tongue of a friendly bird; a man beats a dog to death-and one about men with facial wens is problematic, hinging on facial disfigurement as a punishment for social awkwardness. Whether the imagery inspires dreams or nightmares, there is much to feed readers' imaginations. Ages 5-14. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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