Long, long ago there lived a great Chinese Empress who succeeded her brother the Emperor Fuki. It was the age of giants, and the Empress Jokwa, for that was her name, was twenty-five feet high, nearly as tall as her brother.
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Tag: Japanese Fairy Tales
Japanese Fairy Tales – HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN
Many, many years ago there lived a good old man who had a wen like a tennis-ball growing out of his right cheek. This lump was a great disfigurement to the old man, and so annoyed him that for many years he spent all his time and money in trying to get rid of it.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE OGRE OF RASHOMON
Long, long ago in Kyoto, the people of the city were terrified by accounts of a dreadful ogre, who, it was said, haunted the Gate of Rashomon at twilight and seized whoever passed by.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – MOMOTARO OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH
Long, long ago there lived, an old man and an old woman; they were peasants, and had to work hard to earn their daily rice.
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THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE – Japanese Fairy Tales
The insignia of the great Japanese Empire is composed of three treasures which have been considered sacred, and guarded with jealous care from time immemorial.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES
Long, long ago, when all the animals could talk, there lived in the province of Inaba in Japan, a little white hare. His home was on the island of Oki, and just across the sea was the mainland of Inaba.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB
Long, long ago, one bright autumn day in Japan, it happened, that a pink-faced monkey and a yellow crab were playing together along the bank of a river. As they were running about, the crab found a rice-dumpling and the monkey a persimmon-seed.
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THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY – Japanese Fairy Tales
Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. He was called Rin Jin, or the Dragon King of the Sea.
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THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER – Japanese Fairy Tales
Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER
Long, long ago Japan was governed by Hohodemi, the fourth Mikoto (or Augustness) in descent from the illustrious Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR
Long, long ago, there lived in the province of Shinshin in Japan, a traveling monkey-man, who earned his living by taking round a monkey and showing off the animal’s tricks.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA
Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. This place was said to be haunted by a cannibal goblin who took the form of an old woman.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA – A STORY OF OLD JAPAN
Long years ago in old Japan there lived in the Province of Echigo, a very remote part of Japan even in these days, a man and his wife.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD
Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. He was very poor and sad also, for no child had Heaven sent to cheer his old age, and in his heart there was no hope of rest from work till he died and was laid in the quiet grave.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE
Long, long ago there lived a man called Sentaro. His surname meant “Millionaire,” but although he was not so rich as all that, he was still very far removed from being poor.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE STORY OF PRINCESS HASE – A STORY OF OLD JAPAN
Many, many years ago there lived in Nara, the ancient Capital of Japan, a wise State minister, by name Prince[…]
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO – THE GOLDEN BOY
Long, long ago there lived in Kyoto a brave soldier named Kintoki. Now he fell in love with a beautiful lady and married her.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE shinansha OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE
The compass, with its needle always pointing to the North, is quite a common thing, and no one thinks that it is remarkable now, though when it was first invented it must have been a wonder.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE FARMER AND THE BADGER
Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town.
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Japanese Fairy Tales – THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD
Long, long ago in the province of Tango there lived on the shore of Japan in the little fishing village of Mizu-no-ye a young fisherman named Urashima Taro.
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