• Publication: Japanese Fairy WorldPublication Record # 758842
• Editor: William Elliot Griffis
• Date: 1880-00-00
• Publisher: James H. Barhyte
• Pages: vii+304
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Japanese Fairy World by Ozawa Nankoku
• Notes: Data from WorldCat and Internet Archive scans. Subtitled: "STORIES FROM THE WONDER-LORE OF JAPAN" "ILLUSTRATED BY OZAWA, OF TOKIO" "SCHENECTADY, N. Y. JAMES H. BABHYTE. 1880." "DAILY UNION STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, SCHENECTADY, N. Y." 34 stories are listed in the table of contents without page numbers where the story "The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth" is missing so there are in fact 35 stories 12 drawings are listed on the list of illustrations and the preface states that all but one should be credited to "Ozawa Nankoku, of Tokio". The remaining drawing of Yorimasa, the Archer is uncredited as by one of the editor/translator's students in Tokio. Further all of the drawings were engraved by Mr. Henry W. Troy of New York.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 13033862
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 945383
  • Open Library: OL7097639M OL7193273M OL7027430M

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• [iii] • Preface (Japanese Fairy World) • essay by William Elliot Griffis
• 1 • The Meeting of the Star Lovers • short fiction by uncredited
• 8 • The Travels of Two Frogs • short fiction by uncredited
• 21 • The Child of the Thunder • short fiction by uncredited
• 30 • The Tongue-cut Sparrow • short fiction by uncredited
• 37 • The Fire-fly's Lovers • short fiction by uncredited
• 50 • The Battle of the Ape and the Crab • short fiction by uncredited
• 55 • The Wonderful Tea-Kettle • short fiction by uncredited
• 62 • Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island • short fiction by uncredited
• 72 • The Fox and the Badger • short fiction by uncredited
• 77 • The Seven Patrons of Happiness • short fiction by uncredited
• 88 • Daikoku and the Oni • short fiction by uncredited
• 93 • Benkei and the Bell • short fiction by uncredited
• 102 • Little Silver's Dream of the Shoji • short fiction by uncredited
• 112 • The Tengus, or the Elves with Long Noses • short fiction by uncredited
• 121 • Kintaro, the Wild Baby • short fiction by uncredited
• 126 • Jiraiya, or the Magic Frog • short fiction by uncredited
• 141 • How the Jelly-Fish Lost its Shell • short fiction by uncredited
• 157 • Lord Cuttle-Fish Gives a Concert • short fiction by uncredited
• 172 • Yorimasa, the Brave Archer • short fiction by uncredited
• 177 • Watanabe cuts off the Oni's Arm • short fiction by uncredited
• 185 • Watanabe Kills the Great Spider • short fiction by uncredited
• 190 • Raiko and the Shi-Ten Doji • short fiction by uncredited
• 201 • The Sazaye and the Tai • short fiction by uncredited
• 205 • Smells and Jingles • short fiction by uncredited
• 208 • The Lake of the Lute and the Matchless Mountain • short fiction by uncredited
• 218 • The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth • short fiction by uncredited
• 223 • The Earthquake Fish • short fiction by uncredited
• 227 • The Dream Story of Gojiro • short fiction by uncredited
• 236 • The Procession of Lord Long-Legs • short fiction by uncredited
• 250 • Kiyohime, or the Power of Love • short fiction by uncredited
• 264 • The Fisherman and the Moon-Maiden • short fiction by uncredited
• 273 • The Tide Jewels • short fiction by uncredited
• 282 • Kai Riu O, or the Dragon King of the World Under the Sea • short fiction by uncredited
• 289 • The Creation of Heaven and Earth • short fiction by uncredited
• 300 • How the Sun Goddess was Enticed out of her Cave • short fiction by uncredited