02287cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324500340014726400510018130000470023233600260027933700260030533800360033150000310036750802450039852011660064353400450180965300220185465300190187670000350189585600430193023954UtSlPG20260610133541.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aGR1 aFerrand, Claudius,d1868-193010aFables et légendes du Japon 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-12-21  aProduced by Guillaume Doré and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr)  a"Fables et légendes du Japon" by Claudius Ferrand is a collection of traditional Japanese tales written in the late 19th century. The book features various stories that explore themes of morality, nature, and the supernatural, often incorporating elements of folklore and myth. Among its characters, the collection introduces figures like Ourashima Taro, a noble fisherman, who embarks on a fantastical journey after rescuing a tortoise.  The opening of the work begins with the story of Ourashima Taro, who saves a tortoise from a group of boys tormenting it. Grateful for his kindness, the tortoise transforms and takes Taro to the undersea palace of Otohimé, the sea goddess. Taro experiences seven days of lavish hospitality, oblivious to the passage of time. Ultimately, he leaves with a mysterious box from the goddess, but when he realizes that centuries have passed since his departure and he is now alone, he succumbs to despair and opens the box, leading to his tragic demise. This introductory tale sets the tone for the moral and thought-provoking nature of the subsequent stories in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFolklore -- Japan  aTales -- Japan1 aRaffin, Ferdinand,d1870?-194840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23954