![]() Tsukuma Shobo., p.253, says calling them otogibanashi (see below) is a misnomer, since they are mukashi banashi (Yanagita's preferred term for folktales orally transmitted) ^ Yanagita, 'Preface to the 1960 edition', appended to Nihon no mukashibanashi (Folk tales of Japan), Shinchosha, 1983, p.175.Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountains.Ushiwakamaru, about Yoshitsune's youth and training with the tengu of Kurama.Tokoyo, a girl who reclaimed the honour of her samurai father.Tamamo-no-Mae, a vixen-type yÅkai monster, masquerading as a woman.Kiyohime legend passionate for a priest, she turned into a dragon.Hagoromo legend, related to Hagoromo (play).Yotsuya Kaidan, the ghost story of Oiwa. ![]() BanchÅ Sarayashiki, the ghost story of Okiku and the Nine Plates.Tale of the Gallant JiraiyaJiraiya Goketsu Monogatari.Indian materials were greatly modified and adapted in such a way as would appeal to the sensibilities of common people of Japan in general, transmitted through China and Korea. Some stories of ancient India were influential in shaping Japanese stories by providing them with materials. ![]() Who rescued a turtle and visited the bottom of the seaĪ man with a large wen (tumor, kobu) on his cheek, and how he loses it The story about the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village written by Sunny Seki The story of an old man who drops rice into a mouse hole The story of the old man that made the flowers bloomĪ JizÅ statue given a straw hat and is grateful The story of a teakettle which is actually a shape-changing tanuki ![]() The superhuman Golden Boy, based on folk hero Sakata no KintokiĪbout a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime who is said to be from the capital of the moon Below is a list of well-known Japanese folktales: ![]()
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