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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Title: Japanese Fairy Tales
Author: Grace James
Release Date: April 13, 2011 [eBook #35853]
Language: English
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The Moon Maiden.
Frontispiece.
JAPANESE Fairy Tales
GRACE JAMES
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WARWICK GOBLE
TO
MISS ETSUKO KATO
NOTE
These tales and legends have been collected from many sources. Some of them have been selected from the Ko-ji-ki, or Record of Ancient Matters, 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.
Thanks are due to Marcus B. Huish, Esq., who has allowed his story, “The Espousal of the Rat’s Daughter,” to be included in this collection; and to Mrs. T. H. James for permission to use her version of “The Matsuyama Mirror.”
| PAGE | ||
| 1. | Green Willow | 1 |
| 2. | The Flute | 10 |
| 3. | The Tea-Kettle | 17 |
| 4. | The Peony Lantern | 25 |
| 5. | The Sea King and the Magic Jewels | 37 |
| 6. | The Good Thunder | 50 |
| 7. | The Black Bowl | 56 |
| 8. | The Star Lovers | 65 |
| 9. | Horaizan | 71 |
| 10. | Reflections | 78 |
| 11. | The Story of Susa, the Impetuous | 89 |
| 12. | The Wind in the Pine Tree | 101 |
| 13. | Flower of the Peony | 108 |
| 14. | The Mallet | 116 |
| 15. | The Bell of Dōjōji | 127 |
| 16. | The Maiden of Unai | 134 |
| 17. | The Robe of Feathers | 142 |
| 18. | The Singing Bird of Heaven | 148 |
| 19. | The Cold Lady | 153 |
| 20. | The Fire Quest | 161 |
| 21. | A Legend of Kwannon | 165 |
| 22. | The Espousal of the Rat’s Daughter | 171 |
| 23. | The Land of Yomi | 180 |
| 24. | The Spring Lover and the Autumn Lover | 185 |
| 25. | The Strange Story of the Golden Comb | 191 |
| 26. | The Jelly-Fish takes a Journey | 204 |
| 27. | Urashima | 209 |
| 28. | Tamamo, the Fox Maiden | 215 |
| 29. | Momotaro | 223 |
| 30. | The Matsuyama Mirror | 228 |
| 31. | Broken Images | 233 |
| 32. | The Tongue-cut Sparrow | 238 |
| 33. | The Nurse | 243 |
| 34. | The Beautiful Dancer of Yedo | 250 |
| 35. | Hana-Saka-Jiji | 258 |
| 36. | The Moon Maiden | 264 |
| 37. | Karma | 270 |