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The tale of the bamboo cutter / 竹取物語 / 訳川端康成 ; 英訳ドナルドキーン ; 剪画宫田雅之.

Title
  • The tale of the bamboo cutter / modern rewriting by Yasunari Kawabata ; translation by Donald Keene ; illustrations by Masayuki Miyata = 竹取物語 / 訳川端康成 ; 英訳ドナルドキーン ; 剪画宫田雅之.
  • The tale of the bamboo cutter / modern rewriting by Yasunari Kawabata ; translation by Donald Keene ; illustrations by Masayuki Miyata = Taketori monogatari / yaku, Kawabata Yasunari ; Eiyaku Donarudo Kīn ; senga, Miyata Masayuki.
Publication
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • 川端康成, 1899-1972.
  • Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972.
  • Keene, Donald.
  • 宫田雅之.
  • Miyata, Masayuki.
Description
177 p. : col. ill.; 15 x 23 cm.
Summary
Fairy tale about a young girl (Kaguya-hime) found inside a hollow bamboo stem.
Uniform Title
  • 竹取物語. English & Japanese
  • Taketori monogatari. English & Japanese.
Subjects
Note
  • "Taketori monogatari" was probably written late in the ninth or early in the tenth century. It is the oldest surviving Japanese work of fiction; "The tale of Genji" (written about 1010) referred to it as the "ancestor of all romances.' Today it is thought of mainly as a children's story, and Kaguya-hime, the heroine, looks in the illustrations as lovable as Snow-White or Cinderella; there is no suggestions [sic] of the heartlessness that is perhaps her most memerable feature.--Cf. Preface.
Language (note)
  • Japanese and English on opposite pages.
Contents
Kaguya-hime's childhood -- The suitors -- The stone begging-bowl of Buddha -- The jewelled branch from paradise -- The robe made of fire-rat fur -- The jewel in the dragon's neck -- The easy-delivery charm of the swallows -- The imperial hunt -- The celestial robe of feathers.
Call Number
*OSO 03-2495
ISBN
4770023294
OCLC
  • 50665264
  • NYPO03-B1200
Title
The tale of the bamboo cutter / modern rewriting by Yasunari Kawabata ; translation by Donald Keene ; illustrations by Masayuki Miyata = Taketori monogatari / yaku, Kawabata Yasunari ; Eiyaku Donarudo Kīn ; senga, Miyata Masayuki.
Alternate Script for Title
The tale of the bamboo cutter / modern rewriting by Yasunari Kawabata ; translation by Donald Keene ; illustrations by Masayuki Miyata = 竹取物語 / 訳川端康成 ; 英訳ドナルドキーン ; 剪画宫田雅之.
Alternate Script for Uniform Title
竹取物語. English & Japanese
Imprint
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
Japanese and English on opposite pages.
Alternate Script for Subject
竹取物語 Illustrations.
Added Author
Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972.
Alternate Script for Added Author
川端康成, 1899-1972.
Added Author
Keene, Donald.
Miyata, Masayuki.
Alternate Script for Added Author
宫田雅之.
Research Call Number
*OSO 03-2495
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