| Description |
221 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Folktales of the world |
| Contents |
Animal tales. The fish thief -- The hare, badger, monkey, and otter -- Kachi Kachi Mountain -- The rabbit and the bear -- The quail and the badger -- The monkey and the crab -- The monkey and the pheasant -- The wolf's reward -- The greedy hawk -- The whale and the sea slug -- The cat and the crab -- The monkey's liver -- The rain leak in an old house -- The mole's bridegroom -- An endless story |
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Cleverness and stupidity. The monkey bridegroom -- The wife's portrait -- The golden eggplant -- The bundles of straw and the king's son -- The boy who told tall tales -- A tall tale contest -- The mountain where old people were abandoned -- The three year sleeping boy -- The nun as judge -- The clever lord -- The hawk fledgling -- Stinginess -- It's been well used -- The pillow -- There's no deity there -- The sweet mochi's parents -- Bedding in one's ear |
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Good fortune. The charcoal burner choja -- Luck from heaven and luck from the Earth -- The man who bought a dream -- The advice that cost a thousand ryo |
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Kindness rewarded and evil punished. The good fortune kettle -- Urashima Taro -- The tongue-cut sparrow -- The old man who cut bamboo -- The old man who made flowers bloom -- The old men who had wens -- The monkeys' Jizo-sama -- Benizara and Kakezara -- The salt-grinding millstones -- The magic ear -- The choja who became a monkey -- The skeleton's song |
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Ogres. Shippei Taro -- The oni's laughter -- Momotaro, the peach boy -- The dirt boy -- The three lucky charms -- The oni and the three children -- The golden chain from heaven -- The swamp nushi's messenger |
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Supernatural husbands or wives. The woman who came down from heaven -- The fire boy -- The crane wife -- The snow wife -- The snail choja -- Little One Inch -- The white bird sister -- The girl without arms |
| Notes |
Originally published as 'Nihon no Makashi-binashi.'-Iwanomi Shoten,1956-7 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
| Subject |
Folk literature, Japanese.
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Tales -- Japan.
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Folklore -- Japan.
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| Author |
Seki, Keigo, 1899-1990.
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| LC no. |
63013071 |
| ISBN |
0226746151 |
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