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9780192751751

Tales from Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780192751751

  • ISBN10:

    0192751751

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-04-04
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This extraordinary collection of stories from Japan are retellings of legends and fairy tales. You'll meet the Sea Spirit, the Moon God, the Emperor Kiyomori, Dragon Princess and many other magical characters. Amidst the stories, the beauty of Japan - its people, its animals and its landscape- is joyfully evoked.The stories include The Birth of Japan, Tales of the Heike, and the Tale of Princess Kaguya.

Author Biography


Helen McAlpine was born in England and studied at a dancing school in Tokyo for seven years. She had the distinction of being the first foreigner to receive the rank of "natori" in the field of classical Japanese dancing. Her husband William McAlpine was the representative of the British Council in Rangoon.

Table of Contents

EPICS AND LEGENDS
The Birth of Japan
Takamagahara
3(1)
Izanagi and Izanami
4(2)
The Bridge of Heaven
6(3)
The Birth of the Islands
9(5)
Izanagi's Descent to Hades
14(8)
The Luck of the Sea and the Luck of the Mountain
22(57)
Tales of the Heike
The Secret Meeting at Shishi ga Tani
34(10)
The Poem from the Sea
44(9)
The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
53(11)
The Fall of the Heike
64(15)
FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
The Peach Boy
79(14)
The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloom
93(11)
The Young Urashima
104(15)
The Vanishing Rice-straw Coat
119

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