Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
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A goblin with no body and a monster with no face. A resourceful samurai and a faithful daughter. A spirit of the moon and a dragon king. This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports readers to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic. • Striking illustrations by contemporary Japanese artist Kotaro Chiba • Special gift edition features an embossed, textured case with metallic gold ink, and a satin ribbon page marker • Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Nordic Tales, Celtic Tales, Tales of India, and Tales of East Africa Fans of Ghostly Tales , and Japanese Notebooks will love this book. This book is ideal for: • Fans of fairytales, folklore, ghost stories, Greek mythology, roman mythology, Chinese mythology, and Celtic mythology • Anyone interested in Japan's history books and culture studies • People of Japanese heritage • Collectors of illustrated classics Review: A fun short read with beautiful illustrations - This book is great, it has many Japanese stories and the illustrations just add to the charm. The cover is beautiful and a great display piece for book lovers, but I wish the book was a bit longer, as it is relatively short Review: Beautiful illustration and fun reads - Generally speaking this book is easily one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve been able to own. Definitely one of my favorites and one I’ll use as stories to tell my own children someday. Each tale is anywhere between a few pages to a maximum of 20, all with their own lessons to be learned or something poetic in some way, complete with vivid illustration and a very clean quality paper and even it’s own bookmark. Definitely a must have for someone who loves Japanese literature or something unique to tell the kids before bed!
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N**A
A fun short read with beautiful illustrations
This book is great, it has many Japanese stories and the illustrations just add to the charm. The cover is beautiful and a great display piece for book lovers, but I wish the book was a bit longer, as it is relatively short
N**N
Beautiful illustration and fun reads
Generally speaking this book is easily one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve been able to own. Definitely one of my favorites and one I’ll use as stories to tell my own children someday. Each tale is anywhere between a few pages to a maximum of 20, all with their own lessons to be learned or something poetic in some way, complete with vivid illustration and a very clean quality paper and even it’s own bookmark. Definitely a must have for someone who loves Japanese literature or something unique to tell the kids before bed!
A**Z
Looks good
There were no damages to the book, I can’t wait to read it.
L**N
Awesome stories!
Great for a gift! Plenty of cool stories. Definitely a cool read.
L**N
It's a brief book, and I was hoping for something more comprehensive.
I'm a fantasy/science fiction writer and I collect fairy tales and anthologies for inspiration and reference, so I ordered this because it looked good and had good reviews. It did have some stories in it I'd never heard before, and they gave me some good insight into the perspective of Japanese people when it comes to folklore, but I wish it had more stories in it.
K**I
Great quality book, great read and great artwork!
I absolutely love this book, it’s got a lot of great stories in it! The artwork in it is beautiful, and it’s a very good quality book! Even if you aren’t that into Japanese myths and tales, these stories are great and captivating! It looks great along with my other mythology books too, so that’s another bonus!
S**N
10/10
Gorgeous book
R**H
Great collection of stories
Great collection of stories, neat pictures too. I would definitely recommend it for anyone who likes mythology. Some of the stories might be too scary for small children, though.
S**A
It's a treasure
Beautiful binding, beautiful printing, beautiful illustrations. And the stories are just page-turner.
S**T
Good binding
A great intro for yokai/folk tales of Japan. Fun illustrations & can be an intro to a more complete volume. Especially the bi-lingual folk tale book series.
E**8
Beautiful book, includes footnotes
Beautiful book with a solid collection of stories. The book is a hardcover with some contrasting colours on the cover and some artwork throughout the book. There is a nice margin on the pages so it doesn’t feel as crowded, or as busy as some novels do. One thing I wasn’t expecting but do appreciate is that there are footnotes featured at the footer throughout the book that provide further information, explanation, context, or fun tidbits to further enhance the experience and understanding of the reader.
M**S
Stunning!
Aesthetically speaking, this is probably the most beautiful book I've ever seen. The hard cover is very detailed, the pages are well done, and the illustrations are beautiful. As for the content, the Tales are short but interesting. As a non-native English speaker, some of the tales were tougher to read and fully understand, however it was still a good read.
A**E
Empfehlung!
Das Buch kann ich wirklich jedem empfehlen, der sich für Japan interessiert. Die Geschichten wurden gut ausgewählt und durch wunderschöne Illustrationen ergänzt. Ich habe das Buch an einem Tag durchgelesen. Ich konnte es einfach nicht weglegen, weil es mir so gut gefallen hat.
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