Chapters (28)(click to expand)
- Japanese Fairy Tales
- COMPILED BY
- Profusely Illustrated by Japanese Artists
- TO ELEANOR MARION-CRAWFORD.
- PREFACE
- JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
- MY LORD BAG OF RICE
- THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
- THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD
- THE FARMER AND THE BADGER
- THE “SHINANSHA,” OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE
- THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY
- THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE. A STORY OF OLD JAPAN
- THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE
- THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD
- THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA A STORY OF OLD JAPAN
- THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA
- THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR
- THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER
- THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER
- THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY
- THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB
- THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES
- THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE
- MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH
- THE OGRE OF RASHOMON
- HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN
- THE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA. AN OLD CHINESE STORY
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