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The boy who drew cats and other Japanese fairy tales / Lafcadio Hearn and others ; illustrated by Yuko Green.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PZ8 .B6455 1998 Mausner copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dover children's thrift classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairy tales--Japan.
- Fairy tales.
- Japan.
- Folklore--Japan.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- iii, 60 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, [1998]
- Summary:
- Eleven engaging, excellently translated tales of talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors and other fanciful creatures. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green.
- Contents:
- Chin-chin kobakama
- The goblin-spider
- The old woman who lost her dumplings
- The boy who drew cats
- The silly jelly-fish
- The fountain of youth
- The hare of Inaba
- My lord bag-o'-rice
- The wooden bowl
- The tea-kettle
- The Matsuyama mirror.
- Notes:
- A new selection of eleven stories originally published in Japanese fairy tales by Boni and Liveright, Inc. in 1924. Illustrations have been specially prepared for this ed.
- Includes bibliographical note.
- Local Notes:
- Mausner Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by the estate of Milton A. Mausner.
- ISBN:
- 0486403483
- 9780486403489
- OCLC:
- 39256788
- Online:
- Publisher description
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