{"product_id":"9781804471500","title":"Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki","description":"Long, long ago in Japan there lived an old man and his wife. The old man was a good, kind-hearted, hard-working old fellow .First published in 1903,?Japanese Fairy Tales?is a classic compendium of Japanese folklore. From the stirring opening tale of `My Lord Bag of Rice', where a ferocious warrior faces a mythical beast, to moving fables of compassion like `The Tongue-Cut Sparrow', the twenty-two collected stories present a glorious patchwork of Japan's rich folkloric tradition.   Representing the West's first commercial introduction to the storytelling tradition of Japan, these tales are as brilliantly entertaining - and important - now as they were at the beginning of the last century, and are presented here in a handsome new edition for a new generation.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420061938037,"sku":"9781804471500","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804471500.jpg?v=1764605356","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781804471500","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}