Kunio, Yanagita, 1875-1962 <br/><br/>
The Yanagita Kunio guide to the Japanese folk tale (Nihon mukashibanashi meii) 

 - Bloomington, IN  Indiana University Press  c1986 
 - xxvi, 363p.; bibliog.; indices; glossary; maps 
<br/><br/> 'Translation of Nihon mukashibanashi meii, compiled under the  supervision of Yanagita Kunio and edited by Nihon Hoso Kyokai; Tokyo, Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai, c1948.'. 'This book has been produced from camera-ready copy provided by Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan.' 
<br/><br/>Part 1 - Folk tales in complete form. 1 Propitious births. 2 The life of unusual children. 3 Unpromising marriages that became happy. 4 Stepchildren stories. 5 Brothers not alike. 6 Finding treasures. 7 Overcoming evils. 8 Help from animals. 9 The power of words. 10 Cleverness at work. Part 2 - Derived tales. 11 Stories about destiny. 12 Ghost stories. 13 Humorous stories: exaggerations. 14 Humorous stories: profitless imitation. 15 Humorous stories: tales of foolish villages. 16 Tales about birds, beasts, plants, and trees. 17 Miscellaneous stories between folk tales and legends. The fascination of folk tales and names, beginnings and endings 
<br/><br/> '...the first English language translation of the Japanese classic....The work remains the only single-volume reference available to the student of the Japanese folk tale....the result of thirty years of folk tale research by Yanagita, his colleagues, and his students....' 
<br/><br/> Hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-253-36812-X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>85-45291 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Folk literature, Japanese<br/>Tales<br/>Japan<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Folklore
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GR340 .N52213 1986