The price of three stories : rare folktales from Japan / Hiroko Fujita & Fran Stallings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujita, Hiroko, 1937- author.

Stallings, Fran, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--Japan.

Tales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Marion, Michigan : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

"This delightful compendium of short, savory, and highly tellable tales embodies the beliefs and folkways of rural Japan--specifically the area most impacted by the recent tsunami and nuclear disaster. It adds immeasurably to our insight into that endangered world." --Joseph Sobol, Ph.D., director, ETSU Storytelling Graduate Program

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Stories Heard and Told By Hiroko Fujita; Villagers; Contest of Silence; Crane and Tortoise; A Couple Married on Koshin Day; Two in One Bite; Sewing Lesson; Unhappy Daughter-in-Law; Eavesdropping Mother-in-Law; Poisoning Her Mother-in-Law; An Offering Withdrawn From Buddha; Please; The Price of Three Stories; Tricksters; Fleas on a Skewer; The Bridge Officer; Horse Dengaku; A Love Potion and a Pharmacist's Wife; A Greedy Pharmacist; Offering Paid Back Double; A Horse That Dropped Gold; Moratorium Order; Foxes; Tofu Seller and Fox; Aramaki Salmon; Samurai and Jisama

A Fox ApprenticeOld Man and Grateful Fox; Homesick Bride and Helpful Fox; Oni; In With Oni; Setsubun; Danjuro Enma; Kappa; Kappa's Cream; Sumo Wrestling With Kappa; Many Gods; The God of Age; Apologizing Crow; Eighteen Years to Live; No Gods Here; Jizo Stories; Talking Jizo; Red Face Jizo; Monkeys' Jizo; Kannon; A Dream Millionaire; Lizard and Scarab; Traveling Priests; A Visitor on New Year's Eve; A Blind Visitor on New Year's Eve; Daishi and Forked Daikons; Covering Snow; Kobo Spring; Kobo and Stone Potato; Uncanny Tales; Gourd Cave; Extracting Grease; Yamanji and the Actor; Mr. Red Cat

Ghost With DignityStories of Animals; Two Rival Snakes; Messenger & Serpent; The Frog Priest; Glossary & Pronunciation Guide; Bibliography; Citations and Additional Notes; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 30, 2016).

ISBN:

1-62491-062-9