After years teaching in Japan, Griffis retold thirty-four of the folk stories his students and neighbours had shared with him: the star-lovers who meet once a year, the travels of two frogs, the tongue-cut sparrow, the battle of the ape and the crab and the wonderful tea-kettle. He chose the gentler tales and left out the bloodthirsty ones.
One of the first collections to bring Japanese folklore to English-speaking children. Download the free EPUB.