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Haunted Flute & Other Japanese Stories
Haunted Flute & Other Japanese Stories | Rh Value Publishing, Grace James
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A collection of traditional Japanese folktales, including "The Magic Teakettle", "Urashima", "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow", and "Momotaro, Son of the Peach".
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DebinHawaii
Haunted Flute & Other Japanese Stories | Rh Value Publishing, Grace James
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#CookBooks #quest

In the Japanese folk tale "The Jellyfish Takes a Journey," The Dragon King sends the jellyfish on a quest to bring back a live monkey to Dragonland so his wife Lady Dragon can eat its liver & recover from her illness. Unfortunately for jellyfish, the monkey tricks him and (spoiler!) jellyfish, more like regular fish in appearance before the quest, is beaten to jelly & jelly he remains. ????

8leagueboot This art is so fun! 6y
DebinHawaii @8leagueboot I just love it.😍 6y
Linsy I‘ve been loving these stories and art from this collection you‘ve been sharing. All are new to me and all are gorgeous! 6y
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DebinHawaii
Haunted Flute & Other Japanese Stories | Rh Value Publishing, Grace James
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#CoolBooks #mother

The Matsuyama Mirror features a young village mother, gifted a mirror by her husband, home from a trip to Tokyo. Mirrors were unknown in remote areas so at first she doesn't know what it is, then puts it away to prevent herself & her young daughter from becoming conceited by their beauty. When she falls ill, she tells her daughter when she's gone to look in it every day for comfort. An odd, slightly sad, but beautiful tale.

DebinHawaii P.S.(spoiler if you care) In case it isn't clear, the daughter thinks that she is seeing and talking to her mother (looking young & healthy) in the mirror, but she is really seeing and taking comfort from her own reflection which looks more like her mother every day. 😥(See, I told you it was a bit sad) (edited) 6y
alysonimagines I grew up on some of these Japanese folk tales, but I don‘t know this one. It sounds beautiful—and yes, sad. 6y
LeahBergen It sounds lovely! 😭 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Lovely illustrations 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#CoolBooks #Tresses

Could've doubled-up with yesterday's 'tower' prompt & Rapunzel--instead here's the Japanese folk tale "The Girl with the Black Bowl" where a young girl is instructed by her dying mother to hide her beauty under a large black rice bowl, promising to "not remove it until the time comes." Even on her wedding day when the village maidens try to remove it to adorn her tresses with golden combs, it stays on. That's dedication!?

DivineDiana This sounds so interesting! 6y
Linsy I love your posts! They‘re teaching me so many new stories. 📚 6y
DebinHawaii @DivineDiana @Linsy Some of the stories are a bit strange but they are interesting and it's such a pretty book. 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#CoolBooks #fable

"The Tongue-Cut Sparrow" in my Japanese story book has an animal character & conveys a moral & lessons about friendship & greed. A kind old man has a sparrow for a friend, but his neighbor, a sour old woman, cuts out its tongue for eating her starch. When the old man goes & finds the sparrow he's given choice between a heavy or light basket--he chooses the light which is full of riches & I'll let you guess what happens next. ?

PatriciaU I‘ve never known anyone else who knows The Tongue-Cut Sparrow! 6y
DebinHawaii @PatriciaU Ivan thank my book! I knew of some of the more common Japanese folk tales before like Momotaro, but this book has some more obscure ones. 💜📚 6y
Linsy Perfect for the prompt. I really need to read this collection! ♥️ 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#CoolBooks #sword ⛩?

From the Japanese folk tale "The Sword of Ide"--what the faithful nurse O Matsu reminded young Fugiwaka about his father's samurai sword:

"'Listen my lord,' she said, 'and, sleeping or waking, remember. The sword is your treasure. The sword is your trust. The sword is your fortune. Cherish it, guard it, keep it.'"

In the picture O Matsu is protecting the sword from Fugiwaka's evil stepmother.

ReadZenRites That‘s gorgeous!!🤩🌸💕 6y
callunakeep @DiruVamp This sounds right up your alley!!!🤓 🇯🇵 6y
Linsy Oh, how beautiful!!! ♥️ 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#CoolBooks #beauty

There are many beautiful women in these Japanese folk tales, but I'm going to pick Yuki in "Who Shall Marry the Rat's Daughter?" Her beauty "...was unsurpassed in the whole province. She was completely white and named Yuki, because of her resemblance to pure snow." In the story, Mr. and Mrs. Rat are determined to marry her off to "the most important being in the land." ??That's Yuki on the far right, with her parents.

Palimpsest Beautiful illustration 😊 6y
rubyslippersreads What does Max think of this? 😹 6y
Linsy What a beautiful illustration! 💕 6y
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Soubhiville I love this! 6y
LauraJ Ah, the art 💕 6y
DebinHawaii @Palimpsest @Linsy @Soubhiville @LauraJ The illustrations really are gorgeous. 💜 @rubyslippersreads Max 🐱says that it's a fairy tale because it's about beautiful rats--if it was about beautiful cats it would be non-fiction! 😹🤣 6y
LeahBergen Oh, this is gorgeous! 😮 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#CoolBooks #Tale

I have talked about this book of Japanese folk tales before, but it is one of my favorites, mainly because of the beautiful illustrations. My favorit tale is Momotaro: Son of the Peach 🍑 or 'the peach boy' as I used to call him--found as a baby in the center of the peach in place of the pit--but there are several cool tales in this book.

Jabberwocky Gorgeous illustrations 6y
Slajaunie Love these illustrations! 6y
Linsy How beautiful!!!! 🤩 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#ReadingResolutions #FairyTale

I have our old family copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales but it is old & carefully packed away and I am too lazy to find the box on my shelves.☺️ More readily accessible was this book of Japanese folk tales. I bought it years ago because I love the illustrations. Momotaro, Son of the Peach--or as I think of him "peach-boy"--is my favorite. As a child I was enchanted with him being found as a baby, inside of a peach. ?

TricksyTails I love Momotaro! 🧡🍑 7y
LeahBergen I had the story of Momotaro in a book as a child, too, and I was fascinated by it! 🍑 7y
RohitSawant This sounds lovely! 7y
Kalalalatja Beautiful book! I haven‘t heard of that story before, but now I need to find a copy 🍑 7y
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