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A retelling of the Japanese legend in which a boy named Kintaro, raised in a mountain forest by his mother, befriends all of the forest creatures, becomes a soldier under a samurai lord, and wins fame when he conquers a band of evil demons.

Inchy Bo, a bean-sized boy, decides to become a samurai, and after saving a princess from a demon, is granted his greatest wish. Presented in Japanese with an English verse translation.

Details the true story of Nakahama Manjiro, a young Japanese boy who in 1841 was shipwrecked along with three friends and rescued by the captain of an American whaling ship.

One winter, a priest takes in a furry tanuki and the two become friends, but when the tanuki tries to repay the priest, they both learn a lesson.

An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.

An adaptation, set in the American South, of an old Japanese folktale in which a powerful wrestler who hopes to win the Emperor's Wrestling Match encounters three exceptionally strong women who train him for success.

Describes the activities of a Japanese family living in Tokyo, providing brief information about daily life and customs.

Text and illustrations depict some of the sports and games popular in Japan.

An old woman demonstrates the value of her age when she solves a warlord's three riddles and saves her village from destruction.

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longong for power.