THE TALE OF THE SHINING PRINCESS (Taketori Monogatari). Adapted By Sally Fisher From A Translation Of The Story By Donald Keene

Unknown & Donald Keene (translator)

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Langue : anglais

Edité par NY. 1980/ Metropolitan Museum Of Art and A Studio Book / The Viking Press, 1980

0870992333 / 9780870992339

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red & decorative gilt full silk cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo ~ 9"x7", small 4to ?). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. few faint spots, minor rubbing at spine top and bottom, not torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). glossy full color illustrated endpapers. color illustrated title pg. 70p.+ colophon. glossy pages throughout. full color full page glossy plates throughout. folklore. mythology. japanese literature. medieval literature. art books. art history. japanese history. ~ "Late one afternoon as the forest grew dim and an early moon appeared, a bamboo cutter noticed a strange stalk of bamboo. It was glowing down near the root, as if there were a candle inside. He was mystified and leaned down to examine it. Inside the hollow bamboo was a tiny girl, no more than three inches tall! .". The Tale of the Shining Princess is the story of that tiny girl, Kaguya~hime. Written in the ninth or tenth century in Japan and as familiar there today" as the bamboo growing before us," this story tells of the gentlemen who come from far and wide to court the beautiful princess and of the impossible tasks she demands of them as proof of their devotion to her. Prince Ishizukuri is sent in quest of the begging~bowl of the Buddha; Prince Kuramochi has to fetch a jeweled branch from Paradise; the Minister of the Right Abe no Mimuraji must secure a robe of Chinese fire~rat fur; the Grand Counselor Otomo no Miyuki must bring back a five~colored jewel from a dragon's head; and the Middle Counselor Isonokami no Marotari has no less a task than to obtain the easy~birth charm of the swallows. When the Emperor himself pursues Kaguyahime, she mystifyingly rebuffs him. The princess' strange fate is finally revealed in this classic story that has the human insights of a fairy tale and the breathtaking quality of myth. Reproduced from an eighteenth~century Japanese book with exquisite paintings in watercolor, ink, gold, and silver, the illustrations in this edition are printed in five colors plus gold and silver. They capture Kaguya~hime's world of gold~speckled clouds, silver streams, and figures emerging from mounds of beautiful fabrics. Based on Donald Keene's translation of the story, this edition includes a note by him on the text and a commentary on the illustrations by Andrew Pekarik.…

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THE TALE OF THE SHINING PRINCESS (Taketori Monogatari). Adapted By Sally Fisher From A Translation Of The Story By Donald Keene
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Unknown & Donald Keene (translator)
Éditeur
NY. 1980/ Metropolitan Museum Of Art and A Studio Book / The Viking Press
Année de publication
1980
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As New
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anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0870992333
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780870992339
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Profusely Illustrated
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1st Edition
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Chris Fessler, Bookseller

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