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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

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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, N.Y. : Kodansha International, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972
  • Keene, Donald
  • Miyata, Masayuki, 1926-1997
Description
177 p. : col. ill.; 15 x 23 cm.
Summary
Series of fairy tales about a young girl (Kaguya-hime) found inside a hollow bamboo stem.
Uniform Title
Taketori monogatari. English & Japanese. 1998.
Alternative Title
Taketori monogatari
Subject
  • Taketori monogatari > Illustrations
  • Japanese fiction > Heian period, 794-1185
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works
  • Japanese fiction
Language (note)
  • Japanese text and corresponding English translation on facing pages.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Kaguya-hime's childhood -- The suitors -- The stone begging-bowl of the 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.
ISBN
4770023294
OCLC
40216579
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library