TH E JAPAN ESE F A I R Y B O 0 K R e n d e r e d i n t o E n gl i s h b y YE I T HEODORA OZA KI N e w E d iti o n with a Fro nti spi e c e by T A KE SAT O C O N ST A B LE A N D C O M P A N Y LI M I T E D L O N D O N B O M B A Y S Y D N E Y E P W R K . D UT T ON A N D C O MPA N Y N E Y O L M A R I N - R A W F R D E E A N O R O C O . ’ 3 t u ate thi z fionh TO Y OU A ND T O T H E SWEET CHILD - FRIENDSHIP THA T Y OU GAV E ME I N T H E WI T H Y OU BY T H E S EA WH E N Y OU DAYS SPENT SOUTHERN , USED T O LISTEN WI T H UN FEIGNED PLEASURE T O THESE FAI RY A STORIES FROM FA R JAP AN . M Y THEY N OW REMIND Y OU OF M Y V CHANGELESS LO E AND REMEMBRANCE . Y . T . O . omo T . E P REFA C . Tm s collection of J apanese fai ry tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by a Mr. Andrew Lang . They have been transl ted from the ad anami modern version written by S Sanjin . These stories are not literal translations , and though the J apanese story and all quaint J apanese 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 . a Mr Y a . M . i Grateful cknowledgment is due to Y suoka , ss F u a a . s Okamoto , my brother N obumori Oz ki , Dr Yoshihiro Mi Y am ao ' Takaki , and ss Kameko , who have helped me with transl ations . 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 hi nsui T am e na a. hundred years ago by one S . g It is named - hosei F uro . C , or Longevity The Bamboo cutter and the ” ” - a cla i c T ake tari M oon child is t ken from the ss Monogatari , not c la e d n f i r and is ss by the J apanese amo g their a y tales , cla though it really belongs to this ss of literature . Mr . K akuz o The pictures were drawn by Fujiyama , a Tokio artist . I n telling these stories in English I have followed my fan cy vi ac Pre f e . in adding such touches of local colour or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me , and in one or two instances At I have gathered in an incident from another version . all and times , among my friends , both young old , English or Am erican , I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of J apan , 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 th e West . Y . T . O . T o xxo . T ENT S C O N . MY LORD BAG OF RICE THE TONGUE -CUT S PARROW OF UR AS HI MA THE STORY TARO , THE FISHER LAD THE FAR M ER AND THE B AD G ER S H I NA NS H A OR A A THE , THE SOUTH POINTING C RRI GE V OF K I NTAR O G THE AD ENTURES , THE OLDEN BOY THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT W ISH TO DIE THE BAMBOO - CUTTER AND THE MOON -CHILD MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA THE GO B LIN OF A DAC HI GAH AR A THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AN D THE BOAR THE HAP P Y HUNTER AND THE SKILFUL FISHER THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES F LOWER THE J ELLY FISH AN D THE MONKEY THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB THE W HITE ‘ HARE AN D THE CROCODILES THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE M OMOTAR O OR OF OF P H , THE STORY THE SON A EAC THE OGRE OF RASHOMON H OW A N OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN THE STONES OF FIV E COLOURS A ND THE EMPRESS L N I S T O F I LLU S T RAT I O S . A F AR H E N PUTTING SIDE ALL E , WE T FORWARD DAUNTLESSLY H I DE S A T O TOOK ANOTHER ARRO W THE PROCESSION AND WITH THESE DREADF UL WORDS SHE DROV E THE B IRD A WAY THE LADY SPARROW INTRODUCED ALL HER FA MILY THE OLD WOMAN HAD NE V ER B EEN S O FRIGHTENED IN HER LIFE THE GATE OF SO M E LAR G E P ALACE A B EAUTIFUL LITTLE PURPLE CLOUD ROSE OUT OF THE B O! ’ THE FARMER S W IFE POUNDING B ARLEY H E SET THE B UNDLE OF G RASS ON FIRE [I E R A ISED HIS OAR AND STRUCK A T THE B ADG ER WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH H E THOUGHT AND PONDERED DEE P LY H E MOUNTED THE DRAG ON ”T HEN THE M ON K EY AND THE HARE HOPPED OUT THE KIND G ENERAL G RADUALLY UN F OLDED HIS P LAN LORD R AIKO ORDERED K I NTA R O TO THE RESCUE HASE - HIME LISTENED IN AN ATTITUDE OF RESPECT HER FATHER SENT FOR HER AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS RE QUIRED OF HER B Y R Y A TAKEN SURPRISE , SHE COULD HA DL RE LISE THAT I T WAS HER FATHER F W AWAY THE CRANE LE , RIGHT OUT TO SEA H E SCREAM ED OUT TO J OFUKU TO CO M E AND RESCUE HIM H E TOOK THE LITTLE CREATURE IN HIS HAN D l t ti ns x Li st of I l us ra o . OP E N V I THE SCREENS SLID , RE EAL NG THE PRINCESS THE WIFE GAZ ED INTO THE SHINING DISC THEY WATCHED HIM AS H E WENT DOWN THE ROAD u WHAT I HAV E BROUGHT YOU IS CALLED A MIRROR ’ H R S LF THE MOTHER ROUSED E E , AND TOOK HER DAUGHTER S IN THE ROUND MIRROR BEFORE HER SHE SAW HER MOTHER 'S FACE H E M S M D V PRESSED THE OLD WO AN TO LET HIM STAY, BUT SHE EE E ERY RELUCTANT WHAT H E SAW FRO Z E THE BLOOD IN HIS V EINS AFTER HIM RUS H ED THE DREADFUL OLD HAG THE MONKEY B EGAN HIS TALE OF WOE THE M ONK EY WAS RUNNING AFTER THE THIEF AS FAST AS HIS LEG S WOULD CARR Y T HE HAP PY HUNTER IN V AIN BESOUGHT HIS BROTHER TO PARDON HIM THE CUTTLEFISH OPENED THE TAI ’S MOUTH H E TOOK OUT THE J EW EL OF THE FLOO D TIDE T HE P E H E DUG M DEE R , THE ORE GOLD COINS DID THE OLD MAN FIND T H E WI T HERED TREE AT ONCE BURST INTO PULL BL OOM THE D A IMIO ORDERED HIS RETAINERS TO PUT THE IMPOSTOR I N PRISON THE DRAGON KING B LA M ED THE DOCTOR FOR NOT CURING THE QUE E N ’ P G O so F on I A M 1 F OFF T HE LEASE DON T AST, SURE SHALL ALL , SAID MON K EY THEY BEAT THE J ELLY FISH TO A FLAT P ULP “ THE MONKEY B EGAN TO P LUC K AN D EAT AS FAST AS H E COULD “ ’ I T WAS U NOT P T HE YOUR FATHER S FA LT , MINE , GAS ED UNREPENTANT M ON K EY S O M E OF THE CROCODILES RAN AF TER THE HARE AND CAUGHT HIM 2 1 7 MAN A T A V Y Y Y 2 1 THIS HAD A KIND HEART, AND LOOKED THE H RE ER PIT INGL 9 ’ WH K AT FA EN THE PRINCESS HAD LOO ED THE KIND BROTHER S CE , SHE WENT STRAIGHT UP TO HIM i st I ustrat ns L of ll io . A DAGGER FLASHED BEFORE HIS E Y ES A MONSTER SERPENT APP EARED SHE SET TO WORK TO WASH THE CLOTHES THE P EACH SPLIT IN TWO OF ITSELF MOMOTAR O N HOME K I V RETURNED TRIUMPHA TLY , TA NG WITH HIM THE DE IL CHIEF AS HIS CAPTI V E WATANAB E FINDS THE AR M OF THE OGR E AT K I M I SOMEONE WAS KNOCKING THE PORCH , AS NG FOR AD TTANCE IN THIS WA Y THE OGRE ESCAP ED WITH HIS AR M ' THE DE M ON TOOK THE GREAT LU M P FRO M THE OLD M AN S THE OLD MAN TOLD HIS NEIGH B OUR ALL THAT HAD HAP P ENED THERE WAS NO W A GREAT WEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AS ON THE LEFT THE E M P RESS J O K WA K K B K W HA O LOO ED AC , AND SAW EIKO UNSHEATHING A LARGE S ORD EIKO V ISITS THE FIRE KING THE A M B ASSADORS SET OUT (N THE M AG I C CHARIOTS J APANES E FAIRY BOOK .