This is a wonderful story beautifully told. Please try again. 1845), Woodblock Print, 15 × 10 in Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic (Book of Japanese Mythology, Folk Tales from Japan), Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter (Japanese and English Edition), The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Other Fantastic Stories, The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). Unable to add item to List. Unable to add item to List. Some good stories - but main story a bit curtailed. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Elements of the tale were drawn from earlier stories. This story is the earliest known tale of aliens visiting Earth. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Translated by D o n a I d Ke en e, New York Introduction The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monoaatari) is con-sidered to be the earliest surviving work of fiction in the Japanese language. They have become a late passion of my life. Masayuki Miyata - 4 Silk screen Print set + book Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series. This is not the place to go into all of it, but suffice to say they make these books something very special! In the scroll, flowers are drawn on the paper of the main text. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is set in and around the imperial capital, Kyoto, then called Heian-kyo. This is the most recent and, I think, the last of them. Every morning he went forth into the woods and hills wherever the bamboo reared its lithe green … Mention at the end of the tale that smoke still rose from Mount Fuji , a sign it was an active volcano, is an important clue to the date of composition, for we know that by 905 A.D. the mountain had ceased to emit smoke. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2018, 一流の日本語、一流の英語、そして一流の切り絵の美。三拍子揃った稀にみる逸品です。原価の2倍でも手に入れられたのがラッキーでした。まず、日本語が川端康成、英語がドナルド・キーン氏というだけでも、絶対ほしいと思うのに、挿絵として使われている宮田雅之の切り絵がまた竹取物語にしっくりとなじんでいます。. Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) was probably written late in the ninth or early in the tenth century. The story is in one sense fairly standard fairytale fare: an old man working as a bamboo cutter cuts open a bamboo one day (as you do) and finds a tiny girl within. It is considered the oldest extant Japanese prose narrative although the oldest manuscript dates to 1592. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. He takes her home and he and his wife adopt her, naming her Nayotake no Kaguya-hime (Shining Princess of the Young Bamboo). The precise date is unknown, but it is reckoned to have been … To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is a 10th-century Japanese monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing Japanese folklore. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. These are what ALL paperback books should be! Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? tale and if you're not familiar with ancient Japanese literature, this is a good place to start. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) was probably written late in the ninth or early in the tenth century. Many Japanese people are familiar with the native folk tale The Tale of The Bamboo Cutter, which is the basis for director and Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata’s directorial swansong. He was a very great artist in a very restrictive medium...paper cut art. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Bamboo, by Robert Austin and Koichiro Ueda, with photographs by Dana Levy, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1970. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I have recently been buying books illustrated by the late Masayuki Miyata. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Scene: One day in the bamboo forest, an old bamboo cutter comes across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo. Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2014. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. Please try again. The tale is also known as The Tale of Princess Kaguya (かぐ … She's not of this earth, and consequently can't marry anyone: her actions are taken to spare the feelings of others, not out of heartlessness. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. This is the earliest known story of extraterrestrials visiting the Earth. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari); modern rewriting by Yasunari Kawabata; translation by Donald Keane; Illustrations by Masayuki Miyata Another of the 1001 books You Must Read before you Die, this Japanese story dates from the late ninth or early tenth century, at any rate prior to 905 AD. Called "the ancestor of all tales" by Murasaki Shikibu in the "The Picture Contest" (Eawase) chapter of The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori monogatari) is the oldest known monogatari in Japanese literature. This 17th-century scroll recounts the story of Taketori Monogatari (The tale of the bamboo cutter), famous as the earliest piece of prose fiction in the Japanese literary tradition and originally written around the 10th century. The Emoji Clock: An emoji clock discovered in the late 90’s changes the course of o... Handicapsules: Short Stories of Speculative Crip Lit, Dragon Oracle Urban Fantasy Boxed Set (Dragon Oracle Complete Series: Books 1 - 9), Beyond the Stars: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Collection. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter was my introduction to Kawabata and I loved it. Learn more. Keene has translated the early 10th-century Japanese tale (with the original on facing pages), NOT Kawabata's modern version, which is printed in back in Japanese (no translation). Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. As the book contains a translation from the traditional story into modern Japanese by the Nobel laureate in literature Yasunari Kawabata a student wishing to read the Japanese need not be concerned about struggling to read Ancient Japanese. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Available for sale from Ronin Gallery, Utagawa Hiroshige (Andō Hiroshige), Hara: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (ca. Shame was looking forward to a good tale from Japan. Can see comparisons with English fairytales eg Thumbelina, interesting how classic stories can be universal - who did it first? It is the oldest surviving Japanese fiction, referred to in The Tale of the Genji … Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. Eventually her people come in their spacecraft to take her home. The story of the bamboo cutter and Princess Kaguya is old, References are made to it in the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, the “Manyōshū” (circa 759 AD). The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Other Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo woodcutter. As it is, it is too fragile to be a child's book. Interspersed though out are beautiful paper-cut illustrations.