Tales of Japan. The Mountain Witch, the Fox Wife, Kaguya-hime and the Boy Who Drew Cats
The fox demon Kurama from 'Naruto', the witch Yubaba, and the whimsical creatures in Ghibli cartoons — many anime and manga characters have folklore prototypes whose stories date back centuries. Tanuki, kitsune, tengu, and tree spirits… The source of modern...
plots and images — Japanese fairy tales — are original, poetic, magical, wise, and humorous.
Before you is a collection of selected Japanese fairy tales in the classic translation by Vera Markova, with a foreword by art historian and animation historian Anna Gold.
The fox demon Kurama from 'Naruto', the witch Yubaba, and the whimsical creatures in Ghibli cartoons — many anime and manga characters have folklore prototypes whose stories date back centuries. Tanuki, kitsune, tengu, and tree spirits… The source of modern plots and images — Japanese fairy tales — are original, poetic, magical, wise, and humorous.
Before you is a collection of selected Japanese fairy tales in the classic translation by Vera Markova, with a foreword by art historian and animation historian Anna Gold.
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