A Treasury of Japanese Folktales

by Yasuda, Yuri

• ISBN13: 9784805310793
• ISBN10: 4805310790
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-10
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Treasury of Japanese Folktales, presented in both English and Japanese, contains 12 of the best Japanese folk and fairy tales, told to generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales of rich imagination carry us, on turtle-back, to the splendors of the underwater palace of the dragon princess, to the beautiful hills where Kintaro plays with his animal friends, and to a temple where we discover a "tea kettle" that is really a cunning badger in disguise. Executed with great skill and imagination, the 98 full-page color illustrations by two of Japan's foremost illustrators of children's books bring to life the charming characters of these heart-warming tales of old Japan.

Author Biography

Yuri Yasuda was born in Tokyo, but her earliest recollections are of England, where she attended kindergarten and elementary school. She is a graduate of the English Department, International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo. Since childhood she has written stories for her own amusement, and she began to tell folk and fairy tales to her two sons and two daughters as soon as they were able to understand the words.