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Japanese Fairy Tales, Fifteen Volumes: late 19th century, fourteen limp volumes printed on crepe paper, all illustrated in color throughout; Princess Splendor, the Wood-cutter's Daughter, printed on paper, Tokyo: the Kobunsha, 1889; other titles include: Kachi Kachi Mountain, The Silly Jelly-Fish, The Princes Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade, Battle of the Monkey and the Crab, The Mouse's Wedding, The Old Man and the Devils, The Boy Urashima, The Serpent with Eight Heads, The Matsuyama Mirror, The Hare of Imasa, Schippeitaro, The Cub's Triumph, My Lord Bag-O'-Rice, and The Wooden Bowl. (15)


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