Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = Bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi /
Bilingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi
by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura & Eiichi Mitsui.
- First bilingual edition.
- 111 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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.
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.