Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = バイリンガルで読む日本の昔ばなし

Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi

Yasuda, Yuri, author.

Book 2019

Tales originally written in English by author Yuri Yasuda based on her interpretations of twelve traditional Japanese stories. Japanese versions of each tale include simple kanji with furigana pronunciations to help learners recognize the characters.

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Mythology, Japanese Juvenile literature

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Folk tales Illustrated works Short stories

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ISBN:

9784805314739

Edition:

First bilingual edition

Description:

111 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Bilingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi
バイリンガルで読む日本の昔ばなし

Notes:

Parallel text in Japanese and English, translated from the English

Contents:

Shitakiri Suzume = The tongue-cut sparrow
Kintarō = The strong boy
Nezumi no yomeiri = The marriage of a mouse
Urashima Tarō = The fisherman and the tortoise
Kaguya hime = The luminous princess
Momotarō = The peach boy
Kachi kachi yama = The kachi kachi mountain
Kobutori jiisan = The old men with wens
Hanasaka jijii = The old man who made trees blossom
Issunbōshi = The one-inch boy
Bunbuku chagama = The lucky cauldron
Sarukani kassen = The monkey-and-crab fight

LCCN:

2020304617

Control Number:

2751590

Other Authors:

Mitsui, Eiichi, 1920-2013, illustrator
Sakakura, Yoshinobu, illustrator

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