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A discovery gateway for Japanese folktales in a historical English-language collection; it is not a claim that one collection represents all regional traditions.
Japanese folktales (Ozaki collection)Otherworld journey
Urashima Tarō
In Ozaki's retelling, the fisherman Urashima Tarō enters a marvelous undersea realm and later returns home to discover that time has passed very differently in the human world.
Read the entry →Japanese folktales (Ozaki collection)Heroic folktale
Momotarō
Momotarō is discovered through a miraculous peach birth, grows into a formidable youth, and sets out with animal companions toward an island associated with ogres in Ozaki's popular retelling.
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