Discover everything youve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of contemporary pop culture. Japanese Myths Illustrated provides a sumptuous, accessible guide to the religious beliefs, myths and gods of this enduring culture. Japanese mythology is a complex system of beliefs that also embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculture-based folk religion. The Shinto pantheon alone boasts an uncountable number of kami (deities or spirits). One notable aspect of Japanese mythology is that it provided a creation story for Japan and attributed divine origins to the Japanese Imperial family, assigning them godhood. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding with 100 illustrations, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the tales of an ancient culture and still has an enduring appeal today.
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Illustrated gift edition in traditional style binding exploring the fascinating mythology of Japan
Introduction
The Two Frogs The Mirror of Matsuyama Visu the Woodsman and the Old
Priest The Adventures of Little Peachling The Tongue-Cut Sparrow A
Woman and the Bell of Miidera The Stonecutter Danzayémon, Chief of the
Etas Chikarataro Issun-bshi the One- inch Boy Kintar the superhuman
Golden Boy, based on folk hero Sakata no Kintoki Momotar the oni-slaying
Peach Boy The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter about a mysterious girl called
Kaguya-hime who is said to be from the capital of the moon Shippeitaro a
warrior and a dog who defeated evil spirits Uriko-hime a girl born out of a
melon and adopted by an elderly human couple Hachikazuki a girl that wears
a bowl on her head Hagoromo a tennin has her feather mantle stolen by a
fisherman grateful creature motif Bunbuku Chagama the story of a
teakettle which is actually a shape- changing tanuki Hanasaka Jiisan the
story of the old man that made the flowers bloom Kasa Jiz a Jiz statue
given a straw hat and is grateful Omusubi Kororin the story of an old man
who drops rice into a mouse hole Shita-kiri Suzume the story of the tongue-
cut sparrow Urashima Tar who rescued a turtle and visited the bottom of
the sea My Lord Bag of Rice Tsuru no Ongaeshi the story of a crane
returning a favor for saving its life good fortune motif Kobutori Jsan a
man with a large wen (tumor, kobu) on his cheek, and how he loses it Straw
Millionaire Straw Millionaire (, Warashibe Chja) punishment motif
The Crab and the Monkey Monkey-Crab Battle (, saru kani gassen)
Kachi-kachi Yama
Melanie Clegg holds a BA (Hons) in Japanese Studies from the University of Oxford. After almost a decade spent in Japan, she now resides in the UK where she works as a freelance Japanese to English translator of video games and other entertainment media. She lives with her husband and their two one-eyed cats.
