Japanese Fairy Tales

by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Credits: Yei Theodora Ozaki (author)

Summary

Yei Theodora Ozaki's 1908 retellings of Japanese tales, including Momotaro the peach boy and the tongue-cut sparrow. Demons, foxes and kind old couples fill the stories. A classic introduction to the folklore of Japan.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (18)

  1. 1. My Lord Bag of Rice
  2. 2. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  3. 3. The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad
  4. 4. The Farmer and the Badger
  5. 5. The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy
  6. 6. The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die
  7. 7. The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
  8. 8. The Goblin of Adachigahara
  9. 9. The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar
  10. 10. The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher
  11. 11. The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower
  12. 12. The Jelly Fish and the Monkey
  13. 13. The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab
  14. 14. The White Hare and the Crocodiles
  15. 15. The Story of Prince Yamato Take
  16. 16. Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach
  17. 17. The Ogre of Rashomon
  18. 18. How an Old Man Lost His Wen

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