Item
The Wedding of the Foxes: Japanese Fables and Fantasy (Miniature)
- Title
- en_US The Wedding of the Foxes: Japanese Fables and Fantasy (Miniature)
- Description
- en_US #116 of 250
- Contributor
- en_US Odake
- Date
- 2022-10-13T19:19:19Z
- 2020-03
- en_US 1968
- Date Available
- 2022-10-13T19:19:19Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1968
- Abstract
- en_US Perhaps both the translations and illustrations were taken from an 1871 first publication of these stories. The title-story is surprising in that it does not take a turn for the worse. A beautiful young male fox marries a beautiful young female fox, and they thrive and have children. The sole surprise is, perhaps after the fashion of a pourquoi story, the bride makes her way on the wedding day through a rain shower in the midst of sunshine. In Japan, a shower during sunshine is called "the fox's bride going to her husband's house." "The Adventures of Little Peachling" tells of a miraculous baby born out of peach who goes off to take the treasure from the ogres. He gathers helpful allies along the way: ape, pheasant, and dog. "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow" tells of disparate handling of a pet bird and disparate rewards for the spouses who alternately cared for and wounded the pet. "The Crackling Mountain" tells of a feud between a hare and a badger, with plenty of magic involved. In it an old man is tricked into eating his wife who has been boiled into being a broth!
- Identifier
- en_US 12334 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US The Hillside Press
- en_US Franklin, NH
- Subject
- en_US Mini. PZ8.1.R43Wed 1968 See all items with this value
- Japanese See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection