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The Japanese Fairy Book 1 Library of the University of North Carolina Endowed by the Dialectic and Philan thropic Societies 0398 I J398 61U10 Ozaki Japanese fairy book Trans - , ro iftJVENILE HISTORICAL COLL. .,• ' This BOOK may be kept out TWO WEEKS ONLY, and is subject to a fine of~"¥Bf- E - 2iTCENTS a day thereafter. It-was-taken-ottt-ea.-. ' the day indicated below. T\ iu jjj |7Aug'41LS MAR 2 8 1962 '&'3 |6May'42LS i 1 2 ifi* 14May'4SL8 y» |26Jufl'46l$ MAR ; APR 2 8 1970 29Jun'46LS v "' • e 1948 1.07- ROV I 7 :- •»n MAR 2 9 '« -' t AG 20 m Lib. 10M-N '37 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://archive.org/details/japanesefairybooOOoza Prince Vamato Take bade his wife help him to attire himself like a woman. frontispiece. rTHE i^efJdei^ed i^Jo e^glisH BY Library The University of N. C. NEW YeRK! BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. Printed October, 1903. Reprinted June, 1904; September, 1906. September, 1908. J TO ELEANOR MARION-CRAWFORD. | gE&irate iljts Jlook TO YOU AND TO THE SWEET CHILD-FRIENDSHIP THAT YOU GAVE ME IN THE DAYS SPENT WITH YOU BY THE SOUTHERN SEA, WHEN YOU USED TO LISTEN WITH UNFEIGNED PLEASURE TO THESE FAIRY STORIES FROM FAR JAPAN. MAY THEY NOW REMIND YOU OF MV CHANGELESS LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE. Y. T. O. Tokio. PREFACE. This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore. Grateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Y. Yasuoka, Miss Fusa Okamoto, my brother Nobumori Ozaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Takaki, and Miss Kameko Yamao, who have helped me with translations. The story which I have named "The Story of the Man who did not Wish to Die " is taken from a little book written a hundred years ago by one Shinsui Tamenaga. It is named Chosei Furo, or " Longevity." " The Bamboo-cutter and the Moon-child" is taken from the classic " Taketari Monogatari," and is not classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature. The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio' artist. In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy vi Preface. in adding such touches of local colour or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West. Y. T. 0. Tokio. CONTENTS. PAGE <iMY LORD BAG OF RICE .. I • THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW 12 .THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD ... .. 26 THE FARMER AND THE BADGER •• 43 THE SHINANSHA, OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE • 54 THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY ... .. 60 THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASH .. 74 THE STORY OF THE. MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE .. 87 THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD .. 98 THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA 119— THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA • • 14° THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR .. 148 THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILFUL FISHER •• ?53 THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWEIi 177 THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY ... .. 189 THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB .. 203 THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES .. 214 THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE .. 224 MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH .. 244 THE OGRE OF RASHOMON ... ...' ... 262 > HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN •• 2 73 .THE STONES OF FIVE COLOURS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA... ... .. 283 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Coloured Plates. to face page prince yamato take bade his wife help him attire himself like a woman ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Frontispiece. URASHIMA TARO AND THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER ... ... ... ... 34 THEY ALL GAZED WITH TEARFUL EYES AT THE RECEDING PRINCESS ... I 18 THE MONKEY PROPOSED THE EXCHANGE OF THE HARD PERSIMMON-SEED FOR THE CRAB'S NICE DUMPLING... ... ... ... ... ... 203 Illustrations in the Text. PAGE PUTTING ASIDE ALL FEAR, HE WENT FORWARD DAUNTLESSLY 3 HIDESATO TOOK ANOTHER ARROW ... ... ... 6 THE PROCESSION ... IO AND WITH THESE DREADFUL WORDS SHE DROVE THE BIRD AWAY ... ... 14 THE LADY SPARROW INTRODUCED ALL HER FAMILY ... ... ... ... 18 THE OLD WOMAN HAD NEVER BEEN SO FRIGHTENED IN HER LIFE 24 THE GATE OF SOME LARGE PALACE ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PURPLE CLOUD ROSE OUT OF THE BOX ... ... 40 THE FARMER'S WIFE POUNDING BARLEY ... ... ... ... ... 44 HE SET THE BUNDLE OF GRASS ON FIRE ... ... ... 49 HE RAISED HIS OAR AND STRUCK AT THE BADGER WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH 52 HE THOUGHT AND PONDERED DEEPLY ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 HE MOUNTED THE DRAGON 58 x List of Illustrations. PAGE THEN THE MONKEY AND THE HARE HOPPED OUT 62 THE KIND GENERAL GRADUALLY UNFOLDED HIS PLAN 69 LORD RAIKO ORDERED KINTARO TO THE RESCUE 72 HASE-HIME LISTENED IN AN ATTITUDE OF RESPECT 76 HER FATHER SENT FOR HER AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF HER 8l TAKEN BY SURPRISE, SHE COULD HARDLY REALISE THAT IT WAS HER FATHER 84 THE CRANE FLEW AWAY, RIGHT OUT TO SEA 91 HE SCREAMED OUT TO JOFUKU TO COME AND RESCUE HIM 95 HE TOOK THE LITTLE CREATURE IN HIS HAND 99 THE SCREENS SLID OPEN, REVEALING THE PRINCESS 117 THE WIFE GAZED INTO THE SHINING DISC 120 THEY WATCHED HIM AS HE WENT DOWN THE ROAD ... 122 " WHAT I HAVE BROUGHT YOU IS CALLED A MIRROR" I24 THE MOTHER ROUSED HERSELF, AND TOOK HER DAUGHTER'S HAND... ... I28 IN THE ROUND MIRROR BEFORE HER SHE SAW HER MOTHER'S FACE ... I30 HE PRESSED THE OLD WOMAN TO LET HIM STAY, BUT SHE SEEMED VERY RELUCTANT ... I4I WHAT HE SAW FROZE THE BLOOD IN HIS VEINS ... I45 AFTER HIM RUSHED THE DREADFUL OLD HAG... I46 THE MONKEY BEGAN HIS TALE OF WOE ... ... I49 THE MONKEY WAS RUNNING AFTER THE THIEF AS FAST AS HIS LEGS WOULD CARRY HIM ... ... ... ... 151 THE HAPPY HUNTER IN VAIN BESOUGHT HIS BROTHER TO PARDON HIM ... 155 THE CUTTLEFISH OPENED THE TATS MOUTH ... ... ... ... ... 168 HE TOOK OUT THE JEWEL OF THE FLOOD TIDE ... I74 THE DEEPER HE DUG, THE MORE GOLD COINS DID THE OLD MAN FIND ... 178 THE WITHERED TREE AT ONCE BURST INTO FULL BLOOM ... ... ... 183 THE DAIMIO ORDERED HIS RETAINERS TO PUT THE IMPOSTOR IN PRISON ... 186 THE DRAGON KING BLAMED THE DOCTOR FOR NOT CURING THE QUEEN ... igi List of Illustrations. XI " PLEASE DON'T GO SO FAST, OR I AM SURE I SHALL FALL OFF," SAID THE MONKEY J.96 THEY BEAT THE JELLY FISH TO A FLAT PULP , 201 THE MONKEY BEGAN TO PLUCK AND EAT AS FAST AS HE COULD 206 " IT WAS YOUR FATHER'S FAULT, NOT MINE," GASPED THE UNREPENTANT MONKEY 212 SOME OF THE CROCODILES RAN AFTER THE HARE AND CAUGHT HIM 217 THIS MAN HAD A KIND HEART, AND LOOKED AT THE HARE VERY PITYINGLY 2ig WHEN THE PRINCESS HAD LOOKED AT THE KIND BROTHER'S FACE, SHE WENT STRAIGHT UP TO HIM 222 A DAGGER FLASHED BEFORE HIS EYES 23O A MONSTER SERPENT APPEARED 24I SHE SET TO WORK TO WASH THE CLOTHES 245 THE PEACH SPLIT IN TWO OF ITSELF ... 247 MOMOTARO RETURNED TRIUMPHANTLY HOME, TAKING WITH HIM THE DEVIL CHIEF AS HIS CAPTIVE 260 WATANABE FINDS THE ARM OF THE OGRE 264 SOMEONE WAS KNOCKING AT THE PORCH, ASKING FOR ADMITTANCE 268 IN THIS WAY THE OGRE ESCAPED WITH HIS ARM 27O THE DEMON TOOK THE GREAT LUMP FROM THE OLD MAN'S CHEEK.. 277 THE OLD MAN TOLD HIS NEIGHBOUR ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED 279 THERE WAS NOW A GREAT WEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AS ON THE LEFT 28l THE EMPRESS JOKWA 284 HAKO LOOKED BACK, AND SAW EIKO UNSHEATHING A LARGE SWORD 285 EIKO VISITS THE FIRE KING 29O THE AMBASSADORS SET OUT IN THE MAGIC CHARIOTS 294' f JAPANESE FAIRY BOOK. MY LORD BAG OF RICE. Long, long ago there lived in Japan a brave warrior known to all as Tawara Toda, or " My Lord Bag of Rice." His true name was Fujiwara Hidesato, and there is a very interesting story of how he came to change his name. One day he sallied forth in search of adventures, for he had the nature of a warrior and could not bear to be idle. So he buckled on his two swords, took his huge bow, much taller than himself, in his hand, and slinging his quiver on his back started out. He had not gone far when he came to the bridge of Seta-no-Karashi spanning one end of the beautiful Lake Bivva. No sooner had he set foot on the bridge than he saw lying right across his path a huge serpent-dragon. Its body was so big that it looked like the trunk of a large pine tree and it took up the whole width of the bridge. One of its huge claws rested on the parapet of one side of the bridge, while its tail lay right against the other.
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