The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

by Lafcadio Hearn

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Talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors, and other fanciful creatures abound in exotic tales brimming with warmth and whimsy. 11 excellently translated fables include "The Fountain of Youth," "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings," "The Wooden Bowl," "My Lord Bag-o'-Rice," and more. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green.

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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a fiction writer, critic, amateur engraver, and journalist. He wrote extensively about the cultures of Louisiana and is considered the first major Western chronicler of Japanese culture Delia Labarre is an independent scholar of Lafcadio Hearn and Louisiana culture. She lives in Baton Rouge Jefferson Humphries is show more chair of French studies at Louisiana State University show less

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Canonical title
The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
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Japan
Disambiguation notice
Eleven stories selected from Japanese Fairy Tales (1924). Please do not combine with other collections.

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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
398.20952Social sciencesCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolkloreFolk literatureHistory, geographic treatment, biographyAsian folktalesJapanese folklore
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PZ8 .B6455Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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